Assault-related maxillofacial injuries: the results from the European Maxillofacial Trauma (EURMAT) multicenter and prospective collaboration

Authors
  • P. Boffano
  • F. Roccia
  • E. Zavattero
  • E. Dediol
  • V. Uglešić
  • Ž. Kovačič
  • A. Vesnaver
  • V.S. Konstantinović
  • M. Petrović
  • J. Stephens
  • A. Kanzaria
  • N. Bhatti
  • S. Holmes
  • P.F. Pechalova
  • A.G. Bakardjiev
  • V.A. Malanchuk
  • A.V. Kopchak
  • P. Galteland
  • E. Mjøen
  • P. Skjelbred
  • H. Bertin
  • F. Marion
  • J. Guiol
  • P. Corre
  • S. Løes
  • N. Lekven
  • S. Laverick
  • P. Gordon
  • T. Tamme
  • S. Akermann
  • K.H. Karagozoglu
  • S.C. Kommers
  • T. Forouzanfar
Publication date 2015
Journal Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Volume | Issue number 119 | 4
Pages (from-to) 385-391
Organisations
  • Faculty of Dentistry (ACTA)
Abstract
Objective
The aim of this study is to present and discuss the demographic characteristics and patterns of assault-related maxillofacial fractures as reported by a European multicenter prospective study.

Study Design
Demographic and injury data were recorded for each patient who was a victim of an assault.

Results
Assaults represented the most frequent etiology of maxillofacial trauma with an overall rate of 39% and the values ranging between 60.8% (Kiev, Ukraine) and 15.4% (Bergen, Norway). The most frequent mechanisms of assault-related maxillofacial fractures were fists in 730 cases, followed by kicks and fists. The most frequently observed fracture involved the mandible (814 fractures), followed by orbito-zygomatic-maxillary complex fractures and orbital fractures.

Conclusions
Our data confirmed the strong possibility that patients with maxillofacial fractures may be victims of physical aggression. The crucial role of alcohol in assault-related fractures was also confirmed by our study.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2014.12.004
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