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Evaluation of maxillofacial traumatic injuries
of Forensic Medical Center of Ahwaz, Iran, in 2005Amir Dibaie1, Shahrokh Raissian2, Siamak Ghafarzadeh3
ABSTRACT
Objective: To review and compare the frequency and etiology of maxillofacial injuries in patients of forensic medical center of Ahwaz in 2006.
Methodology: It is a retrospective review of patient’s records at Forensic Medical Center of Ahwaz, Iran, in 2006. Age, sex, etiology, type and location of injuries were analyzed. The percentage and means were calculated using Microsoft SPSS soft ware and Chi-square test.
Results: In total 272 patients which included 220 male (80.9%) and 52 female (19.1%) with male to female ratio of 4.23:1 were screened. Most fractures were caused by violent assaults (61%), traffic accidents (30.1%) and accidents at work (8.8%) the majority of patients (118 and 43.3%) were in the age group of 21-30 years old.
Conclusions: Our results show that the most common causative factor was assaults. The relatively high incidence of injuries resulting from assaults, indicated the necessity to reinforce legislation aimed to prevent assault and thus reduce maxillofacial injuries.
KEYWORDS: Maxillofacial, Traumatic injuries, Forensic.
Pak J Med Sci January - March 2009 Vol. 25 No. 1 79-82
How to cite this article:
Dibaie A, Raissian S, Ghafarzadeh S. Evaluation of maxillofacial traumatic injuries of Forensic Medical Center of Ahwaz, Iran, in 2005. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(1):79-82.
1. Amir Dibaie, MD,
Department of Forensic Medicine,
School of Medicine,
Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran.
2. Shahrokh Raissian, DDS,
3. Siamak Ghafarzadeh, DDS,
2,3: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,
School of Dentistry,
Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran.
Correspondence
Dr. Amir Dibaei,
School of Medicine,
Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz,
Iran.
E-mail: drdeebaei@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: March 20, 2008
* Accepted: July 26, 2008
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