Roccia Fabio, Caldarelli Claudio, Spada Maria Cristina, Brucoli Matteo, Beatrice Fabio, Ruffino Sergio, Benech Arnaldo, Ramieri Guglielmo, Berrone Sid
Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, Head and Neck Department, San Giovanni Battista Hospital, University of Western Piedmont, Turin, Italy.
J Craniofac Surg. 2010 Jul;21(4):1045-50. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181e62c94.
This article discusses the development of the first regional computerized database for the epidemiological evaluation of maxillofacial trauma and tests its usefulness by evaluating the appropriateness and completeness of the resulting information.The database was developed using Microsoft Access, implemented using Visual Basic. Data were entered in the database by 4 different maxillofacial specialists, one from each of the 4 main regional hospitals where maxillofacial trauma is treated. Clinical information was taken from 100 complete records of patients hospitalized for maxillofacial fractures at the Maxillofacial Division of San Giovanni Battista Hospital in Turin from January to June 2009.Thirteen database fields were used: general information, cause and mechanism of injury, fracture site, Facial Injury Severity Scale, head and neck examination, associated injuries, timing and type of surgery, and days of hospitalization.Overall, the data entered were 99.45% complete and 99.5% accurate. Thus, our regional maxillofacial database can be considered complete and accurate. Some of the errors, mainly in the fields "fracture site" and "Facial Injury Severity Scale," were attributable to an incorrect interpretation of facial fracture diagnoses, based on the medical records that were provided.
本文讨论了首个用于颌面创伤流行病学评估的区域计算机化数据库的开发，并通过评估所得信息的适当性和完整性来测试其效用。该数据库使用Microsoft Access开发，用Visual Basic实现。数据由4位不同的颌面专家输入数据库，他们分别来自治疗颌面创伤的4家主要区域医院。临床信息取自2009年1月至6月在都灵圣乔瓦尼·巴蒂斯塔医院颌面科因颌面骨折住院的100例完整患者记录。使用了13个数据库字段：一般信息、损伤原因和机制、骨折部位、面部损伤严重程度量表、头颈检查、相关损伤、手术时间和类型以及住院天数。总体而言，输入的数据99.45%完整且99.5%准确。因此，我们的区域颌面数据库可被认为是完整且准确的。一些错误，主要出现在“骨折部位”和“面部损伤严重程度量表”字段，是由于根据所提供的病历对面部骨折诊断的错误解读所致。
