Mandibular fracture at HUSM: a 5-year retrospective study
- Author:
Umar Kamali
;
Abdullah Pohchi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Head injury, mandibular fracture, motor vehicle accident.
- From:Archives of Orofacial Sciences
2009;4(2):33-35
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This is a retrospective study to determine the distribution
site, associated fracture and causes of mandibular fractures at HUSM, over a 5 year period, from 1st January 2002 – 31st December 2006.
Records of patients who had mandibular fracture were reviewed. Data of age, sex, site of fracture, causes and associated fracture were recorded and analyzed using SPSS version 15.0. There were 113 (84.3%) males and 21 (15.7%) females. The mean age for male was
84.3% and female was 15.7%. The fracture occurs mostly at the age of 11-20 years (45.5%), followed by 21-30 years (30.6%). Motor vehicle accidents (MVA) were the commonest causes of mandibular fracture (92.5%), followed by fight and assault (3.7%), industrial
accidents (3.0%), fall (0.7%). There were no cases recorded due to sport injury. The commonest site of mandibular fracture occurs at
angle and para-symphysis (23%), followed by body (20.1%),
symphysis (16.7%), condyle (15.5%) and ramus (1.7%). The most common associated fractures were head injury (23.5%), followed by clavicle fracture (17.2%) and fracture of radius (10.7%). Mandibular
fracture was common in males with the mean age 24.63 years and mostly due to MVA. Angle and para-symphysis is the commonest site of mandibular fracture with most of the patient suffered from concomitant head injury.
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