ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA IN ASSAULT: A STUDY IN A HOSPITAL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO / "Traumatismos buco maxilo faciais por agressão: estudo em hospital da periferia do município de São Paulo"

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2002

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SUMMARY ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA IN ASSAULT: A STUDY IN A HOSPITAL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SÃO PAULO There has been an expressive increase in all forms of violence in today’s society, specially the physical violence, which most of the times affects the face. This study aimed to review the charts of 493 patients victims of assault seen between december 2000 and november 2001 at the Hospital Municipal Dr. Alípio Corrêa Netto, a hospital serving the east part of São Paulo, a socially deprived area. We recorded data concerning gender, race, age, month, day and time of the day when the incidents occurred, types of violence, sites affected, soft tissue injuries, bone and dental fractures, concomitant injuries, interval between the incident and the hospital attendance, outcome of patients, and police involvement. White males in the 21-30 age group accounted for the majority of cases, with punches being the most common mechanisms of injuries. Patients mostly attended in the month of January, on Mondays and in the afternoons. The middle face was mostly affected and the nasal bones most frequently injuried. More right sided than left sided zygomatic complex and mandibular fractures were seen, and in the mandible the body region was more usually fractured. Head and neck were the sites where more frequently concomitant injuries occurred. The majority of patients presented to hospital until twenty four hours after the incident. Also, most of the patients didn’t require hospital admission after first attendance was rendered. Only a minority of victims decided to report the case to the police.

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facial traumatisms traumatismos faciais traumatismos bucomaxillofaciais bucomaxillofacial traumatisms

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