Association between type of fixation and a length of stay amongst maxillofacial fracture patients: A retrospective charts review.

Abstract

We aimed to explore the predictors of hospital length of stay for patients admitted and with maxillofacial injuries. Patients presenting with maxillofacial trauma were included. Poly-trauma involving neurosurgery and/ or needing orthopaedics intervention were excluded. Logistic regression was applied to explore the predictors associated with the hospital stay of > 4 days. There were 241 patients with mean age 29.35 ± 12.5 years (age range 12-80 years). Mandibular fracture was the commonest observation 121(50.2%), followed by maxillary 48(19.9%), and zygomatic bone fracture 9 (3.7%). Road traffic accident 196 (81.3%) appears to be the most common etiology of maxillofacial injuries in the studied sample. The mean length of hospital stay among bone plating patients was 5.96 ±6.8 days compared to 4.15±6.2 days for ones treated without bone plating; p-value 0.05. It was concluded that longer length of stay is required in patients with more complex management including bone plates.

• Authors: Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui, Anum Aijaz, Farhan Raza Khan
• Journal: JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (J Pak Med Assoc) Vol. 72 Issue 10 Pg. 2077-2079 (Oct 2022) ISSN: 0030-9982 [Print] Pakistan
• PMID: 36661000 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Humans
• Child
• Adolescent
• Young Adult
• Adult
• Middle Aged
• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Length of Stay
• Retrospective Studies
• Accidents, Traffic
• Zygomatic Fractures (epidemiology, surgery)
• Maxillofacial Injuries (epidemiology, surgery, etiology)