ArticleFrontiers in oral health2025
Exploring the correlation of epidemiological and clinical factors with facial injury severity scores in maxillofacial trauma: a comprehensive analysis.
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- Characteristic of Maxillofacial Injuries Resulting from Interpersonal Violence Between 2021 and 2025: Retrospective Study from Poznan, Poland.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Pediatric Maxillofacial Fractures: Patterns of Injury, Surgical Indications, and Treatment Outcomes: A Five-Year Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Zirconia vs. titanium dental implants in maxillofacial trauma: a preliminary comparative biomechanical analysis in the maxilla using the finite element method.Head & face medicine · 2025Article
- Intracranial Injury Caused by Transorbital Penetrating Trauma: An E-Scooter Brake Handle as an Unusual Culprit.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- An Exceptional Case of Blow-Out Fracture with Complete Globe Dislocation into the Maxillary Sinus: Diagnostic Imaging and Surgical Reconstruction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Interpersonal Violence-Related Facial Fractures: 12-Year Trends and Surgical Outcomes in a Southern European Level-I Trauma Centre.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The Facial Injury Severity Scale (FISS) provides a numerical value based on individual fractures that can be a valuable tool for management of maxillofacial trauma patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of epidemiological and clinical factors with facial fracture patterns and their correlations with FISS. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted based on 511 medical records from a 4-year period of patients with facial trauma who underwent open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) under general anesthesia. Fracture patterns were categorized into 3 anatomic subunits: upper, middle and lower face. Single-unit and panfacial fractures groups were analyzed separately. Data regarding demographics, hospitalization, etiology of injury, fracture site and complications were collected. The overall risk of fracture within the viscerocranium requiring an ORIF was presented in graphical form. Results: Single-unit fractures were more typical in younger patients. There was a significant association between FISS score and traumatic etiology, hospitalization time, length of surgery in each group ( Discussion: Despite the questionable clinical utility of FISS, classifying maxillofacial trauma can facilitate comprehensive treatment planning and multidisciplinary collaboration, particularly in complex cases such as panfacial fractures.
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