Open AccessFacial trauma: A retrospective study of 1262 patients
Author(s) -
Gabriele Bocchialini,
A. Castellani
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_51_19
Subject(s) - medicine , polytrauma , facial trauma , concomitant , incidence (geometry) , population , retrospective cohort study , surgery , major trauma , poison control , emergency medicine , physics , environmental health , optics
Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death among <40 year olds, a good part of the working age population. Traumatic injuries are also the leading cause of lost productivity, causing more lost working days than cancer or vascular cardiomyopathy.