Qadeer-ul Hassan, Zaib-un Nisa, Suneel Kumar Panjabi, Vikram Pal.
Management of Zygomatic Bone Fractures at Civil Hospital, Hyderabad.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;20(2):105-8.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the causes, incidence and management of zygomatic bone fractures. METHODOLOGY: This study was carried out at the department of oral & maxillofacial surgery Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad. Total 67 cases were studied. Diagnosis of fractures was done by obtaining information from history, examination and appropriate investigations. Treatment of zygomatic bone fractures was done by techniques appropriate for every case. Etiology of trauma, incidence and other factors like age and gender were also observed. RESULT: The most common cause of Zygomatic bone fracture was found to be assault 46.26% (n=31), followed by road traffic accident (RTA) 37.31% (n=25), fall 13.43% (n=09) and others 2.98% (n=2) respectively. Left side (57.31%) was found to be involved more than right side (42.68%) in fractures.Most prevalent age of Zygomatic bone fracture was 21-30 years, and male to female ratio was 2.7:1. In our center upper buccal sulcus approach (Keen approach) was commonly used for reduction, whereas fixation for unstable fractures was done by wire or miniplates Osteosynthesis. CONCLUSION: The most common cause of Zygomatic bone fracture was found to be assault, the left side fractures being more common and males were more involved than females.The results of this study will help the goverenment to take safty measures, and make implimentation of by-laws to minimize the incidence of facial trauma due to stated causes .

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