A STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES IN SHIEKH ZAYED HOSPITAL RAHIM YAR KHAN

Objective: The purpose of this research work is to consider & compare the rate and causes of the upper jaw and face injuries in patients of Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan in the year of 2017.

Methodology: This research work is a retrograde review of the records of the patient of Sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim Yar Khan, in the year of 2017. The analysis of gender, age of the patient, cause of the injury, injury type and physical location of the injuries carried out in this research work. The rate and the resources calculations carried out with the help of SPSS software & method of Chi square test.

Results: Two hundred and seventy-two patients were the participants of this research work in which two hundred and twenty were the male patients and fifty-two were the female patients. Violent assaults were the cause of the a large numbers of the fractures about sixty one percent, followed by accidents on roads with about thirty percent & accidents at the work places occurred in more than eight percent patients. Maximum patients were in the age group of twenty one years to thirty years of age.  

Conclusions: The findings of this research work show that the most common factor of the fractures was assaults. The comparatively great occurrence of the injuries was the outcome of the assault, displayed the requirement to the enforcement of the law to prevent this types of cause which can decrease the maxillofacial injuries.

Keywords:  Maxillofacial Injuries, Mentally Distressing, Skeletal, Upper Jaw, Face.