Causes and distribution of facial fractures in a group of South African children and the value of computed tomography in their assessment

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 903-906

  van As, A B ^a   van Loghem, A J ^a   Biermans, B F J ^a   Douglas, T S ^b   Wieselthaler, N ^c   Naidoo, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

computed tomography; face; facial; fracture; paediatric; radiograph; skull; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRONTAL BONE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; PEDESTRIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAXILLA; ORBIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; SOUTH AFRICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGOMA;

EID: 33749630134     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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