J Spec Oper Med. 2023 Jun 23;23(2):82-87. doi: 10.55460/JSEQ-S0JT.
A literature review was performed to determine the frequency of medical evacuations (MEDEVAC) that are required for dental emergencies (DE) and oral-maxillofacial (OMF) injuries. Fourteen studies were reviewed altogether - eight which quantified evacuation of DEs or OMF injuries in military personnel (from 1982-2013) and six studies that discussed medical evacuation of DEs occurring in civilians working in offshore oil and gas rigs and wilderness expeditions (from 1976-2015). Among military personnel, DE/OMF issues were frequently among one of the top categories of medical evacuations, ranging from 2-16% of all evacuations. Among oil and gas industry workers, 5.3-14.6% of evacuations were dental-related, while one study of wilderness expeditions found that DEs ranked as the third most frequent type of injury that required evacuation. Previous studies have shown that dental and OMF problems often account for one of most frequently cited reasons for evacuation. However, due to the limited study base of DE/OMF medical evacuations, further research is needed to determine their impact on the cost of health care delivery.
进行了文献回顾，以确定牙科急症（DE）和口腔颌面（OMF）损伤所需的医疗后送（MEDEVAC）频率。总共回顾了 14 项研究 - 其中 8 项量化了军事人员中 DE 或 OMF 损伤的后送情况（1982-2013 年），以及 6 项研究讨论了在海上石油和天然气钻井平台以及野外探险中从事民用工作的人员的 DE 医疗后送（1976-2015 年）。在军事人员中，DE/OMF 问题经常是医疗后送的前几大类别之一，占所有后送的 2-16%。在石油和天然气行业工人中，5.3-14.6%的后送与牙科相关，而一项野外探险研究发现，DE 是需要后送的第三大常见伤害类型。先前的研究表明，牙科和 OMF 问题通常是最常被引用的后送原因之一。然而，由于 DE/OMF 医疗后送的研究基础有限，需要进一步研究以确定它们对医疗保健提供成本的影响。
