Maxillofacial fractures in a semi-urban Nigerian teaching hospital: A review of 442 cases

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-289

  Ugboko, V I ^a   Odusanya, S A ^a   Fagade, O O ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maxillofacial fractures; Nigerians; Semi urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; JAW FRACTURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NIGERIA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL FRACTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; JAW FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0032135641     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(05)80616-2     Document Type: Review

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