Abstract

SCANNAVINO, Fábio Luiz Ferreira; SANTOS, Fabiano de Sant'Ana dos; NOVO NETO, José Pereira  and  NOVO, Leonardo Pereira. Epidemiological analysis of maxillofacial trauma of an emergency service. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.4, pp. 95-100. ISSN 1808-5210.

Objective: To analyze the epidemiology of maxillofacial trauma of an emergency service. Methodology: A retrospective study of historical longitudinal conducted through analysis of medical records of patients seen in the emergency department of the "Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Barretos", São Paulo, Brazil, from March 2004 to April 2009. Results: We analyzed 250 records, mostly male (85.0%, n=213). As for the age group (36.0%, n=90) of maxillofacial injuries occurred between 26 and 40 years old. Thirty five percent (n=87) of patients were victims of traffic accidents. The assaults accounted for (24.0%, n=60) performed emergencies. Twenty two percent (n=55) of trauma not fit in "other", (15.0%, n=38) of the injuries were caused by home accidents and (3.0%, n=8) for industrial accidents. One percent (n=2) was related to the accident by firearms. Conclusion: The maxillofacial trauma are common in emergency services and traffic accidents and urban violence are major etiological factors of this epidemic.

Keywords : Facial Injuries.; Maxillofacial Injuries.; Wounds and Injuries.; Accidents; Traffic.; Violence..