OBJECTIVE: To determine if patterns of facial injuries differed between those of female assault victims with maxillofacial injuries and those of female patients with maxillofacial injuries from other causes. METHODS: We reviewed the medical and dental records of 326 adult female facial trauma patients treated by otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Information abstracted included date of injury, dates of presentation for medical attention, mechanism(s) of injury, diagnoses, and treatments. RESULTS: While victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to have zygomatic complex fractures, orbital blow-out fractures, and intracranial injuries than were other patients with facial trauma, women assaulted by unknown or unidentified assailants were more likely to have mandible fractures (P = .004). CONCLUSION: These results in conjunction with other presenting circumstances, such as delay in presentation, can assist the surgeon treating patients with maxillofacial injury in recognizing interpersonal violence against women.
OBJECTIVE: To determine if patterns of facial injuries differed between those of female assault victims with maxillofacial injuries and those of female patients with maxillofacial injuries from other causes. METHODS: We reviewed the medical and dental records of 326 adult female facial traumapatients treated by otolaryngologists and oral/maxillofacial surgeons at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. Information abstracted included date of injury, dates of presentation for medical attention, mechanism(s) of injury, diagnoses, and treatments. RESULTS: While victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to have zygomatic complex fractures, orbital blow-out fractures, and intracranial injuries than were other patients with facial trauma, women assaulted by unknown or unidentified assailants were more likely to have mandible fractures (P = .004). CONCLUSION: These results in conjunction with other presenting circumstances, such as delay in presentation, can assist the surgeon treating patients with maxillofacial injury in recognizing interpersonal violence against women.
Authors: Eve M Valera; Annie-Lori C Joseph; Katherine Snedaker; Matthew J Breiding; Courtney L Robertson; Angela Colantonio; Harvey Levin; Mary Jo Pugh; Deborah Yurgelun-Todd; Rebekah Mannix; Jeffrey J Bazarian; L Christine Turtzo; Lyn S Turkstra; Lisa Begg; Diana M Cummings; Patrick S F Bellgowan Journal: J Head Trauma Rehabil Date: 2021-01-01 Impact factor: 3.117