Zachary P VandeGriend1, Araz Hashemi, Mahdi Shkoukani. 1. From the *Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, and †Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether the incidence of facial fractures has changed in the United States since 1990. STUDY DESIGN: This study is a retrospective review of all nonpediatric inpatient and outpatient facilities of the Detroit Medical Center from 1990 to 2011 and weighted national inpatient estimates from 1993 to 2010 using the National Inpatient Survey. METHODS: Facial fractures and surgical repairs were grouped according to fracture site and scaled to annual populations. Chow testing determined the year with the most significant change in trend, and regressions were performed before and after the break point. RESULTS: Chow testing showed the year 2000 as the most significant break point across all data sets. National inpatient and institutional data showed a significant decrease in total fractures and most subsites during the 1990s and an increase since 2000. Since 1990, the rate of fracture repairs decreased at our institution and during inpatient stays in the United States. Motor vehicle-related injuries have decreased since the early 1990s. Assault rates have fallen nationally but increased slightly in Detroit. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence from the largest institutional series of adult facial fractures and the largest national inpatient database supports a decrease in fractures and repairs during the 1990s and an increase in fractures despite no change in repairs since 2000. These trends are likely related to increasing use of computed tomographic imaging, decreasing severity of facial injuries, and changing incidences of the major etiologies of facial fractures.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether the incidence of facial fractures has changed in the United States since 1990. STUDY DESIGN: This study is a retrospective review of all nonpediatric inpatient and outpatient facilities of the Detroit Medical Center from 1990 to 2011 and weighted national inpatient estimates from 1993 to 2010 using the National Inpatient Survey. METHODS:Facial fractures and surgical repairs were grouped according to fracture site and scaled to annual populations. Chow testing determined the year with the most significant change in trend, and regressions were performed before and after the break point. RESULTS: Chow testing showed the year 2000 as the most significant break point across all data sets. National inpatient and institutional data showed a significant decrease in total fractures and most subsites during the 1990s and an increase since 2000. Since 1990, the rate of fracture repairs decreased at our institution and during inpatient stays in the United States. Motor vehicle-related injuries have decreased since the early 1990s. Assault rates have fallen nationally but increased slightly in Detroit. CONCLUSIONS: Evidence from the largest institutional series of adult facial fractures and the largest national inpatient database supports a decrease in fractures and repairs during the 1990s and an increase in fractures despite no change in repairs since 2000. These trends are likely related to increasing use of computed tomographic imaging, decreasing severity of facial injuries, and changing incidences of the major etiologies of facial fractures.
Authors: Ratilal Lalloo; Lydia R Lucchesi; Catherine Bisignano; Chris D Castle; Zachary V Dingels; Jack T Fox; Erin B Hamilton; Zichen Liu; Nicholas L S Roberts; Dillon O Sylte; Fares Alahdab; Vahid Alipour; Ubai Alsharif; Jalal Arabloo; Mojtaba Bagherzadeh; Maciej Banach; Ali Bijani; Christopher Stephen Crowe; Ahmad Daryani; Huyen Phuc Do; Linh Phuong Doan; Florian Fischer; Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Gebremeskel; Juanita A Haagsma; Arvin Haj-Mirzaian; Arya Haj-Mirzaian; Samer Hamidi; Chi Linh Hoang; Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani; Amir Kasaeian; Yousef Saleh Khader; Rovshan Khalilov; Abdullah T Khoja; Aliasghar A Kiadaliri; Marek Majdan; Navid Manaf; Ali Manafi; Benjamin Ballard Massenburg; Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani; Shane Douglas Morrison; Trang Huyen Nguyen; Son Hoang Nguyen; Cuong Tat Nguyen; Tinuke O Olagunju; Nikita Otstavnov; Suzanne Polinder; Navid Rabiee; Mohammad Rabiee; Kiana Ramezanzadeh; Kavitha Ranganathan; Aziz Rezapour; Saeed Safari; Abdallah M Samy; Lidia Sanchez Riera; Masood Ali Shaikh; Bach Xuan Tran; Parviz Vahedi; Amir Vahedian-Azimi; Zhi-Jiang Zhang; David M Pigott; Simon I Hay; Ali H Mokdad; Spencer L James Journal: Inj Prev Date: 2020-01-08 Impact factor: 2.399