TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Maxillofacial injuries and violence against women
JO  - Archives of facial plastic surgery
A1  - Arosarena, Oneida A.
A1  - Fritsch, Travis A.
A1  - Hsueh, Yichung
A1  - Aynehchi, Behrad
A1  - Haug, Richard
SP  - 48
EP  - 52
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine if patterns of facial injuries differed between those of female assault victims with maxillofacial injuries and those of female patients with maxillofacial injuries from other causes. METHODS: We reviewed the medical and dental records of 326 adult female facial trauma patients treated by otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Information abstracted included date of injury, dates of presentation for medical attention, mechanism(s) of injury, diagnoses, and treatments. RESULTS: While victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to have zygomatic complex fractures, orbital blow-out fractures, and intracranial injuries than were other patients with facial trauma, women assaulted by unknown or unidentified assailants were more likely to have mandible fractures (P = .004). CONCLUSION: These results in conjunction with other presenting circumstances, such as delay in presentation, can assist the surgeon treating patients with maxillofacial injury in recognizing interpersonal violence against women.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1521-2491
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archfacial.2008.507
ID  - ref1
ER  -