Leporace Antonio Augusto Ferreirinha, Paulesini Júnior Walter, Rapoport Abrão, Denardin Odilon Victor Porto
Hospital Heliópolis, São Paulo, SP, BR.
Rev Col Bras Cir. 2009 Dec;36(6):472-7. doi: 10.1590/s0100-69912009000600002.
To analyze the frequency epidemiological description of mandibular fractures correlating gender, age, etiological factors, anatomic location, and types of fracture's traces.
A retrospective survey of the medical history of 883 patients with facial fractures, attended at the Buco-Maxilo-Facial Surgery and Traumatology Service of the Hospital Geral de Vila Penteado in São Paulo (São Paulo - Brazil), in a period of 3 years (from January 2004 to December 2006).
From 883 patients evaluated, 270 presented mandibular fracture (30,5%). The male gender was the most affected (76,7%) in the age of 20 to 29 years (33,0%), the most frequent etiological factor was the car accident (35,2%), the body of the mandible was the most affected anatomic location (47,4%) and the single traces prevailed (76,7%).
The majority of the fractures were simple, located in the body of the mandible, and higligted in males, aged from 20 t0 29 years, and caused by car accident.
分析下颌骨骨折的频率流行病学描述，关联性别、年龄、病因、解剖位置及骨折痕迹类型。
对圣保罗市彭特阿多医院口腔颌面外科与创伤科在3年期间（2004年1月至2006年12月）接诊的883例面部骨折患者的病史进行回顾性调查。
在评估的883例患者中，270例出现下颌骨骨折（30.5%）。男性受影响最大（76.7%），年龄在20至29岁之间（33.0%），最常见的病因是车祸（35.2%），下颌骨体是受影响最严重的解剖位置（47.4%），单一痕迹占主导（76.7%）。
大多数骨折为简单骨折，位于下颌骨体，男性、年龄在20至29岁、由车祸导致的骨折最为突出。
