pattern of maxillo-facial injuries received at Abbassi Shaheed, KMDC, Karachi

ABSTRACT

This study was done to determine the trend of Maxillo-facial Trauma at Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery Department of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi. The majority of cases were received from local vicinity areas but referred from all over he city. A total of 322 patients with fractures of jaw and severe facial injuries were admitted in Facio-Maxillary ward during the months of February 1992 to June 2001. 267 or 82.9% were mandibular fractures, 12 or 3.73% were maxillary, 39 or 12.11% were zygomatic complex fractures and only 4 or 1.24% were severe facial injuries. The main etiologic factors leading to injury were RTA [Road Traffic Accident, Falls, Gun shots and Fights]