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KMID : 0360120070290010050
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
2007 Volume.29 No. 1 p.50 ~ p.54
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Clinical Articles : Seven-Year Retrospective Study of Facial Fracture
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Oh Min-Seok
Kim Su-Gwan
Kim Hak-Kyun
Moon Seong-Yong
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Abstract
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This report constitutes a 7-year study of facial fractures based on a series of 616 patients who were treated for facial fractures as in-patients at Chosun University Dental Hospital between 1998 and April 2005.The following results were obtained :1. The ratio of men to women was 5 : 1.2. The major etiological factors were falls (36.2%), traffic accidents (23.4%), punches (18.1%), sports (8.3%), and accidents related to work (2.8%).3. They were most frequent in the second (28.8%), first (26.6%), and third (12.3) decades, in that order.4. The sites of frequent mandible fracture are the symphysis (32%), left mandibular angle (25.3%), and right mandibular angle (10.9%).5. The most frequent maxillary fractures were zygomatic fractures (46.4%), Le Fort I fractures (28.8%), and Le Fort II (12.0%) fractures.
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KEYWORD
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7-year, Facial fracture, Chosun University Dental Hospital
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