CLINICAL STUDY OF MAXILLOFACIAL TRAUMA IN MUZAFFARNAGAR

The present clinical study is comprising of 181 cases of Maxillofacial trauma (MFT) brought to Emergency and then transferred  to the Department of ENT & HNS of Muzaffarnagar medical college& Hospital in a span of 20 months (i.e from June 2015 to Jan.2016)  and the study reveals that Road traffic accidents (RTA) is the most common etiology of MFT and accounts for 94 cases (51.92%) followed by Fall from height in 26 cases (14.37%), Physical assault in 22 cases (12.16%), Bear slap in 18 cases (9.94%), other causes including work-place accidents & domestic accidents in 12 cases (6.63%) and Gun shot injuries in 9 cases (4.98%). The cases of MFT were analysed according to the etiology, age, sex distribution and type of injury (soft tissue injury, skeletal injury or mixed type of injury). Maximum number of MFT cases lies in the age group of 21-30 years i.e 42 cases (23.20%) & 31-40 years i.e 38 cases (20.99%) and together accounts for 80 cases i.e 44.19% of all 181 cases. The mixed type of injury was commonest i.e reported in 114 cases (62.98%) involving both soft tissue and skeletal components and amongst the skeletal component middle and lower third of face was most commonly involved. Pain and difficulty in chewing was the commonest presentation in RTA’s.