@article{ref1,
title="Demographic profile of facial fractures in the Punjab population: a pilot study",
journal="International journal of community medicine and public health (Gujarat)",
year="2020",
author="Munjal, Manish and Kanotra, Sonika and Chopra, Parth and Munjal, Shubham and Chopra, Hemant and Uppal, Sanjeev and Saggar, Tullika",
volume="7",
number="9",
pages="3538-3541",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Trauma units of tertiary care centers of the north Indian state of Punjab are occupied with young individuals with a passion for driving on full acceleration. There is therefore a high rate of road traffic accidents with and fractures of the facial skeleton are frequently noted.This is noted more so in the male gender.   Methods: A retrospective study of the records of 61 subjects admitted under Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial trauma units, during a period of 2 years (August 2013-August 2015) at Dayanand Medical College and hospital were analysed.   Results: Males outnumbered the females in the ratio of 5:1. Maximum, 54% were seen in the age group 21-30 years and minimum at the extremes of age. The commonest cause of fracture was road-side accidents which was observed in 72% of patients. In 15% these were due to assaults, in 8% due to falls and only in 3.2% due to sports injury.   Conclusions: Facial fractures are recorded more in middle aged males with vehicular trauma being the main aetiology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2394-6032",
doi="10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203919"
}