Epidemiology of facial fractures among older adults: A retrospective analysis of a nationwide emergency department database
Dental Traumatology Jan 07, 2019
Marchini L, et al. - In this study, the authors studied from the year 2008 to 2014 to present the USA-wide data of hospital-based Emergency Department (ED) visits for facial fractures among older individuals and also to examine the consequences related to these visits. They categorized the most frequent facial fractures as fractures of the nasal bones, fractures of “other” facial bones, and fractures of the orbital floor and observed falls as the most common cause for fractures. They found nasal bone fractures as the most common type of facial fracture among older subjects. They noticed a significant financial burden linked to the facial fracture-related ED visits but no significant trend in mortality rates was noticed during the study years.
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