ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2019
Pediatric Midface Fractures: Outcomes and Complications of 218 Patients.
Article in Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patterns and Characteristics of Midface Fractures in North-Eastern Romania.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Pediatric Palate Fractures: An Assessment of Patterns and Management at a Level 1 Trauma Center.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo analyze management, outcomes, and complications of pediatric midface fractures.
methodsRetrospective cohort study at an urban, single-institution, multispecialty surgical teams, at two level 1 pediatric trauma centers. Query included subjects aged 0-17 diagnosed with midface fractures between 2012 and 2016.
resultsA total of 218 pediatric patients presented with 410 total midface fractures. The most common etiologies included motor vehicle collisions (MVC) (n = 56, 25.7%), sport-related (n = 35, 16.1%), and assault/battery (n = 32, 14.7%). Fracture site distribution included: 125 maxillary (34 with exclusively the nasal/frontal process), 109 nasal, 47 ethmoid, 40 sphenoid, 33 zygoma, 29 frontal sinus, 21 lacrimal, and 6 palatal. Among these, there were 105 orbital, 17 naso-orbito-ethmoid, and 12 Le Fort fractures. One-quarter of patients received at least one midface-related operation during the initial encounter. Operative intervention rates for specific midface fracture subsites were not significantly different (
conclusionsThe most common sites of pediatric midface fractures involved the maxilla, and nasal bones. Three quarters of pediatric midface fractures were treated conservatively, with low rates of complications. Facial deformity was the most common complication; as such, proper management and follow-up are important to ensure normal growth and development of the pediatric facial skeleton. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.