MAXILLO-FACIAL FRACTURES: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF THE 2308 CASES

In our study, on 2308 patients with facial fractures between 1978-1996 who have had their treatment in department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Dentistry University of Dicle, the investigation of following subjects has been aimed; the relationship between socio-economic and geographic situation with seasonal conditions in Southeast Anatolia, the effects of facial fractures on etiology, age, sex, anatomic localization and seasonal distribution. It bas been revealed that traffic accident and falling rank, the first, very closed the each other, among the etiologic reasons and it has been pointed out that the age group most frequently subject to fractures is 0-10 age group the majority of the cases are composed of male patients. It has been determinated that isolated fractures are seen on a 88.5 % basis among all facial fractures and the majority of the fractures are seen in manibula.

MAKSÝLLO-FASÝYAL FRAKTÜRLER: 2308 OLGU ÝLE ÝLGÝLÝ RETROSPEKTÝF BÝR ÇALIÞMA

Çalýþmamýzda, 1978-1996 yýllarý arasýnda, D.Ü. Diþhekimliði Fakültesi Aðýz-Diþ-Çene Hastalýklarý ve Cerrahisi kliniðinde tedavi edilen 2308 fasiyal fraktürlü hastada; Güneydoðu Anadolu bölgesindeki sosyo-ekonomik ve coðrafik yapý ile iklim koþullarýnýn; fasiyal fraktürlerin etyoloji, yaþ, cinsiyet, anatomik lokalizasyonlar ve mevsimsel daðýlýmlarý üzerindeki etkilerinin araþtýrýlmasý amaçlanmýþtýr. Etyolojik sebepler arasýnda, trafik kazalarý ve düþmelerin birbirlerine yakýn oranlarda ilk sýralarda yer aldýðý, fraktürlerin en sýk olarak görüldüðü yaþ grubunun 0-10 yaþ grubu olduðu tespit edilmiþ ve vakalarýn büyük çoðunluðunu erkeklerin oluþturduðu saptanmýþtýr. Tüm fasiyal fraktürler içerisinde izole fraktürlerin % 88.85 oranýnda görüldüðü ve en fazla sayýda fraktürün mandibulada meydana geldiði tespit edilmiþtir.