Comparison of injury severity scores in evaluation of maxillofacial trauma / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To design a more reasonable method by comparing three existing injury severity scores for evaluating maxillofacial injury severity according to its features by retrospective analysis. Methods Nine hundred and eighty-four cases with maxillofacial trauma (≤30 days before hospitalization) selected from 1 159 cases were stratified by the number of fractures and the sites of trauma. The injury severity was evaluated with ISS, RFISS and MISS respectively. The results of ISS/RFISS/MISS were compared and analyzed with SPSS software. Results MISS could accurately differentiate single from multiple facial injuries. It was more meaningful for evaluating different sites of facial injury compared with ISS and RFISS. Conclusion MISS can be used to evaluate maxillofacial injury objectively and accurately.