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Table 1 The statistics of patients with particular types of maxillofacial injuries resulting from traffic accidents.

From: Characteristics of maxillofacial injuries resulting from road traffic accidents – a 5 year review of the case records from Department of Maxillofacial Surgery in Katowice, Poland

Type of injury

General group (n = 198)

Women (n = 74)

Men (n = 124)

Injuries to the soft tissues

44 (22,21%)

13

31

Tooth and alveolar process injuries

41 (20,72%)

20

21

Mandibular fractures

37 (18,69%)

12

25

Zygomatic complex fractures

25 (12,63%)

10

15

Maxillary fractures

24 (12,12%)

9

15

Multiple fractures of facial bone frame

11 (5,55%)

4

7

Nose fractures

11 (5,55%)

4

7

Orbital "blow-out" fractures

5 (2,53%)

2

3

  1. n – the number of patients