Clinical and Statistical Studies of Facial Trauma.

We have treated 68 patients with facial trauma from 1979 to 1990 in the otolaryngologic clinic of Kagoshima University Hospital. There were 52 males and 16 females of all ages. The incidence was highest among 10-19-year old males.Traffic accidents caused the most traumas followed by fights and sports accidents. In 62 of the 68, there were facial bone fractures: nasal, maxilla, zygoma and orbital floor in almost equal numbers.Miniplates used for the fixation of maxillo-zygomatic bones were quite useful. Questionaires to the patients showed that post-operative distress was more often a cosmetic problem than functional disability.