Association between type of fixation and alength of stay amongst maxillofacial fracture patients: a retrospective charts review

Authors

  • Humayun Kaleem Siddiqui Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Anum Aijaz Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Farhan Raza Khan Department of Surgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3177

Abstract

We aimed to explore the predictors of hospital length of stay for patients admitted and with maxillofacial injuries. Patients presenting with maxillofacial trauma were included. Poly-trauma involving neurosurgery and/ or needing orthopedics intervention were excluded. Logistic regression was applied to explore the predictors associated with the hospital stay of > 4 days. There were 241 patients with mean age 29.35 ± 12.5 years (age range 12-80 years). Mandibular fracture was the commonest observation 121(50.2%), followed by maxillary 48(19.9%), and zygomatic bone fracture 9 (3.7%). Road traffic accident 196 (81.3%) appears to be the most common etiology of maxillofacial injuries in the studied sample. The mean length of hospital stay among bone plating patients was 5.96 ±6.8 days compared to 4.15±6.2 days for ones treated without bone plating; p-value 0.05. It was concluded that longer length of stay is required in patients with more complex management including bone plates.

Keywords: Maxillofacial injury; road traffic accident; bone plating; length of stay.

Published

2022-09-15

How to Cite

Siddiqui, H. K., Aijaz, A. ., & Khan, F. R. . (2022). Association between type of fixation and alength of stay amongst maxillofacial fracture patients: a retrospective charts review. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(10), 2077–2079. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.3177

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