TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Epidemiology of Pediatric Facial Trauma in Chile: A retrospective study of 7,617 cases in 3 years
JO  - Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal
A1  - Collao-González, C.
A1  - Carrasco-Labra, A.
A1  - Sung-Hsieh, H-h
A1  - Cortés-Araya, J.
SP  - e99
EP  - e105
VL  - 19
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. Study design: Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 patients were reviewed. Data of patients with trauma injuries to the face were collected and evaluated for: age, sex, day and month of hospital admission, cause of injury, anatomical location, type of injury and presence of associated injuries. RESULTS: A total of 7,617 patients with 8,944 injuries were found. Boy to girl ratio was 1,7:1. Preschool age children were most frequently affected. Main cause of injury were falls, soft tissue injuries the most common type of injury. Associated injuries occurred in 11% of cases. CONCLUSIONS: Facial trauma presents a significant frequency in the group of Chilean children studied. Preeschool age boys were prone to present facial trauma of mild severity associated to falls.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1698-4447
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -