caa a22 4500 445851287 CHVBK 20180317145414.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 Maxillofacial injuries in western Iran: a prospective study [Elektronische Daten] [Mohammad Zandi, Adell Khayati, Arash Lamei, Hamid Zarei] Introduction: Although the epidemiology of facial injuries has been studied in many populations, there is a paucity of information in the literature in this relation in the Middle East including Iran. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology and mode of treatment of facial injuries in western Iran. Material and methods: We examined all patients with a maxillofacial injury who presented to the outpatient department or who were hospitalized in the Besat Hospital of Hamedan City, Iran, between 20 December 2007 and 20 December 2009. Results: Of 2,450 patients (77% male, 23% female) with a facial injury, 90% sustained soft tissue injuries and 37% had bone fractures. Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were the most common cause of injuries (35%). The most frequent bone fracture occurred in the nasal bone (63.4%). The incidence of associated injuries was 8.3% (mostly orthopedic). Rigid internal fixation was the main treatment of facial fractures. Malpositioned zygomas and functional and aesthetic problems after reconstruction of nasal-orbital-ethmoid injuries were the most common postoperative complications. Discussion: Although in many countries the rate of facial injuries due to traffic accidents is decreasing, MVA is still the major cause of facial trauma in Iran. This may be due to the lack of enforcement of traffic laws by police and insufficient compliance of the population in obeying traffic rules. Rigid internal fixation was the most common mode of treatment of facial fractures, and in spite of the severity of facial injuries, the rate of postoperative complications was relatively low. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Facial trauma nationallicence Maxillofacial nationallicence Fractures nationallicence Epidemiology nationallicence Zandi Mohammad Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut Khayati Adell Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut Lamei Arash Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut Zarei Hamid Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Springer-Verlag 15/4(2011-12-01), 201-209 1865-1550 15:4<201 2011 15 10006 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10006-011-0277-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zandi Mohammad Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khayati Adell Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lamei Arash Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zarei Hamid Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Fahmideh Street, Hamedan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Springer-Verlag 15/4(2011-12-01), 201-209 1865-1550 15:4<201 2011 15 10006 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer