MATERIALS AND METHOD
This study followed the Declaration of Helsinki on medical protocol and
ethics and the regional Ethical Review Board approved the study. In the
study, 87 patients in the pediatric age group who were operated for
facial bone fractures due to maxillofacial trauma Department of Plastic,
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at our university between 2014 and
2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients under the age of 18 years
with orbital, zygoma, maxilla, and mandibular fractures were included in
the study. Three-dimensional maxillofacial computed tomography was
performed for all patients. Then, patients were retrospectively
evaluated according to age, gender, type of injury, location and number
of fractures, administered treatments, intensive care hospitalization,
and complications. Follow-up period ranged from 6 months to 3 years.
Evaluation results were analyzed with SPSS 16.0 (SPSSĀ Inc., Chicago, IL,
USA)