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KMID : 0358819900170030403
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Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1990 Volume.17 No. 3 p.403 ~ p.412
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A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF THE FACIAL BONE FRACTURES 9 YEARS SURVEY
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Abstract
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This retrospective study comprised 108 patients with facial bone fractures in murious accidents and treated in the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Seoul National University Hospital during the past nine years from December 1980 to June 1989.
The medical records of this 108 patients (150 fractures) were reviewed and analyzed in order to obtain the clinical pattern and understand the therapeutic tendency.
The following results were obtained ;
1) The Most prevalent age group was at third decade(46.3 %).
2) Seasonally the highest incidence was in summer(40%) followed by fall(25.0%), spring (21.3 %), and winter(14 %).
3) The most common cause was interpersonal assault(39%)
4) A total of 150 fracture site were found in the zygoma(32 %) followed by mandible(26.7 %). and orbit(17.3 %)
5) The most prevalent cause in each fracture site were traffic accident in zygoma(35.9%) and orbit(61.5 %), interpersonal assault in mandible(46.7 %).
6) The most prevalent fracture site of mandible was ai;gle(38.6 %) followed by parasymphysis
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