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Authordc.contributor.authorCollao González, Carolina 
Authordc.contributor.authorCarrasco Labra, Raúl es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorSung Hsieh, Hsiao es_CL
Authordc.contributor.authorCortés Araya, Juan Eliecer es_CL
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T19:27:52Z
Available datedc.date.available2014-05-20T19:27:52Z
Publication datedc.date.issued2014-03-01
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationMed Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. 2014 Mar 1;19 (2):e99-105.en_US
Identifierdc.identifier.issn1698-6946
Identifierdc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4317/medoral.19035
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/123531
General notedc.descriptionArtículo de publicación ISIen_US
Abstractdc.description.abstractObjectives: To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. Study Design: Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 patients were reviewed. Data of patients with trauma injuries to the face were collected and evaluated for: age, sex, day and month of hospital admission, cause of injury, anatomical location, type of injury and presence of associated injuries. Results: A total of 7,617 patients with 8,944 injuries were found. Boy to girl ratio was 1,7:1. Preschool age children were most frequently affected. Main cause of injury were falls, soft tissue injuries the most common type of injury. Associated injuries occurred in 11% of cases. Conclusions: Facial trauma presents a significant frequency in the group of Chilean children studied. Preeschool age boys were prone to present facial trauma of mild severity associated to falls.en_US
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Publisherdc.publisherMedicina Oral S.Len_US
Type of licensedc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile*
Link to Licensedc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/*
Keywordsdc.subjectFacial traumaen_US
Títulodc.titleEpidemiology of pediatric facial trauma in Chile: a retrospective study of 7,617 cases in 3 yearsen_US
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revista


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