Epidemiology of the maxillofacial trauma caused by bicycle accident

Authors

  • Ángel Pérez Rodríguez Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora. Santiago de Cuba
  • Maximiliano Freddy Gámez Rodríguez Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora. Santiago de Cuba
  • José Manuel Díaz Fernández Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora. Santiago de Cuba
  • Jacinto Robert Ramos Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora. Santiago de Cuba

Keywords:

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, BONE SCAN, MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMATISMS, CIGOMATIC FRACTURES, PREVALENCE, DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY, TRANSVERSAL STUDIES

Abstract

A descriptive cross-sectional study on epidemiological aspects of the maxillofacial trauma caused by bicycle accidents was conducted among 194 patients with clinical or radiographic diagnosis, or both, of injuries in this region. They received attention at the Emergency Service of Maxillofacial Surgery of "Saturnino Lora" Clinical and Surgical Hospital, in Santiago de Cuba, from October 1st, 1998 to December 31st, 1999. Some of the most significant results were: the predominance of young adults aged 20-39, mainly males, among the victims, the fall as an accident modality, the collision as the cause of the highest number of severe injures and deaths, and imprudence and alcohol ingestion in working drivers. These were some of the prevailing causes in this type of accident, ocurring particularly from 4 pm to 12 am, in the street, where most of the accidents and injuries are reported. The contusions and lacerations within the soft tissues and the zygomatic, nasal and palatoalveolar fractures in the hard tissue were the predominating injury patterns.

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Published

2004-09-06

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Pérez Rodríguez Ángel, Gámez Rodríguez MF, Díaz Fernández JM, Robert Ramos J. Epidemiology of the maxillofacial trauma caused by bicycle accident. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2004 Sep. 6 [cited 2025 Jun. 6];41(3):14-20. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2427

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2004): SEP- DEC

Section

Research Article

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