a retrospective analysis of facial fracture etiologies and investigation of the relationship between fracture type and the etiology

The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively 196 patients whose facial fractures were treated in our clinic and to investigate the relationships between the severity score and fracture type and the etiology.Materials and methods: Totally 196 patients (155 males, 42 females, avarage age of 33,96 ) , who applied to the plastic surgery clinic of Haydarpaşa Numune Research and Training State Hospital during four years (2004-2007) period and were found at least one facial fracture in their maxillofacial bones after the radiological examination, have been evaluated in this study. One-way ANOVA test and Chi-square test were used for statistical analysis.Results: As a result of performed one-way ANOVA test, It is found that mechanism of trauma is important for estimation in severity score of facial injury (p<0.001) but when the Chi-square test was applied for statistical analysisno significant relationship between the mechanism of trauma and patterns of fracture was found (p>0.05).Conclusion: Trauma mechanism was found as effective on fracture severity, however no relationship was found between etiology of trauma and fracture type.