@article{ref1,
title="Maxillofacial injuries due to traffic accidents",
journal="Journal of cranialfacial surgery",
year="2019",
author="Roccia, Fabio and Sotong, Jacqueline and Savoini, Matteo and Ramieri, Guglielmo and Zavattero, Emanuele",
volume="30",
number="4",
pages="e288-e293",
abstract="PURPOSE: The purpose of this retrospective study was to analyze the epidemiology, patterns, and management of maxillofacial due to road traffic accidents over a 17-year period. <br><br>METHODS: Between January 2001 and December 2017, 2924 patients with maxillofacial fractures were admitted to the Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Turin, Italy.The following data were analyzed: age, gender, data of the trauma, alcohol and drug abuse, mechanism of injury, fracture site, facial injury severity scale, associated injuries, type of treatment, and length of hospital stay. <br><br>RESULTS: Of the 605 patients included in the study, 419 were male and 186 were female (ratio, 2.2:1). The most common mechanism of injury was car accidents (62.6%).More than half of the patients had fractures of the middle third of the maxillofacial skeleton.Associated injuries were detected in 172 (45.5%) patients. In total 5.3% of patients did not undergo surgery. The average hospital stay was 7.3 days. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study shows an important reduction in maxillofacial fractures following road traffic accidents since the turn of the new millennium. At least in north-western Italy, road safety policies implemented in the last 30 years seem to have affected the behavior of motorists and motorcyclists.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-2275",
doi="10.1097/SCS.0000000000005158",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000005158"
}