TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Oro-facial soft tissue injuries in Nigerian children: a five-year review
JO  - African journal of medicine and medical sciences
A1  - Bankole, O. O.
A1  - Fasola, A. O.
A1  - Denloye, O. O.
SP  - 93
EP  - 97
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
N2  - A review of 64 soft tissue maxillofacial injuries in 50 children seen and managed at the University College Hospital, Ibadan over a five-year period was made. The age range was from 3months to 15years. The highest occurrence was in the 0-5 years old children (60%). The predominant type of soft tissue injuries was lacerations (75.0%). Falls (66.0%) were the most common aetiology followed by road traffic accidents (18.0%). There was a higher involvement of males, than females (M: F of 2.3:1). The tongue (31.3%) was the most commonly affected site of soft injury followed by the lips (29.7%) and cheeks (10.9%). Slightly less than half (46%) of the patients presented within 24 hours of injury. Direct suturing was done in 24% of the children while debridement and conservative management was carried out in 76%.
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SN  - 0309-3913
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -