Clinical-epidemiological behavior of facial injuries in children

Abstract

A prospective descriptive study on the clinical epidemiological behavior of facial trauma in the Pediatric Teaching Hospital "Pedro A. Pérez" was carried out from November 2010 to November 2011, the universe of study is composed of 326 children who come to the doctor Of maxillofacial lesions, taking as a source the worksheets adapted for the investigation in this period and the medical histories. The variables are studied: age and sex, cause, type of trauma, type of fracture as well as the interrelation between them. Falls in various ways constitute (65.6%) of the total causes of injuries; the male sex represented by 77 patients (38.8%) is the most affected. The (62.2%) of the total types of injuries, corresponds to the contusions; 30.3% to the wounds and only 7.3% of the total for facial fractures.