@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of maxillofacial trauma in the elderly: a European multicenter study",
journal="Journal of stomatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery",
year="2019",
author="Brucoli, Matteo and Boffano, Paolo and Romeo, Irene and Corio, Chiara and Benech, Arnaldo and Ruslin, Muhammad and Forouzanfar, Tymour and Jensen, Thomas Starch- and Rodríguez-Santamarta, Tanía and de Vicente, Juan Carlos and Snäll, Johanna and Thorén, Hanna and Aničić, Boban and Konstantinovic, Vitomir S. and Pechalova, Petia and Pavlov, Nikolai and Daskalov, Hristo and Doykova, Iva and Kelemith, Kadri and Tamme, Tiia and Kopchak, Andrey and Shumynskyi, Ievgen and Corre, Pierre and Bertin, Helios and Goguet, Quentin and Anquetil, Marine and Louvrier, Aurélien and Meyer, Christophe and Dovšak, Tadej and Vozlič, David and Birk, Anže and Tarle, Marko and Dediol, Emil",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The progressive aging of European population seems to determine a change in the epidemiology, incidence and etiology of maxillofacial fractures with an increase in the frequency of old patients sustaining craniofacial trauma. The objective of the present study was to assess the demographic variables, causes, and patterns of facial fractures in elderly population (with 70 years or more). <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data from all geriatric patients (70 years or more) with facial fractures between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2017, were collected. The following data were recorded for each patient: gender, age, voluptuary habits, comorbidities, etiology, site of facial fractures, synchronous body injuries, Facial Injury Severity Score (FISS). <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 1334 patients (599 male and 735 female patients) were included in the study. Mean age was 79.3 years, and 66% of patients reported one or more comorbidities. The most frequent cause of injury was fall and zygomatic fractures were the most frequently observed injuries. Falls were associated with a low FISS value (p<.005). Concomitant injuries were observed in 27.3% of patients. Falls were associated with the absence of concomitant injuries. The ninth decade (p <.05) and a high FISS score (p <.005) were associated with concomitant body injuries too. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms the role of falls in the epidemiology of facial trauma in the elderly, but also highlights the frequency of involvement of females, and the high frequency of zygomatic fractures.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2468-8509",
doi="10.1016/j.jormas.2019.09.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jormas.2019.09.002"
}