Changing characteristics of facial fractures treated at a regional, level 1 trauma center, from 2005 to 2010: An assessment of patient demographics, referral patterns, etiology of injury, anatomic location, and clinical outcomes

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 461-466

  Roden, Katherine S ^b   Tong, Winnie ^b   Surrusco, Matthew ^b   Shockley, William W ^b   Van Aalst, John A ^b   Hultman, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

facial trauma epidemiology; facial trauma etiology; patient admission statistics and numerical data; trauma centers utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACIAL BONE; FALLING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; REGISTER; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT TRANSFER; REGISTRIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84860777544     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31823b69dd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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