ALENCAR, Y. C. G.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1372316844521528; ALENCAR, Yan Carlos Gomes de.
Resumo:
One of the leading causes of death in the world has been traumas. Among them, the
face traumas that stand out for having emotional, functional repercussions and
permanent deformities. The study of the treatments and complications of the
traumatisms in face allow to qualify and to quantify the acquired sequels. The
objective of this study was to conduct an epidemiological survey of the most affected
bone fractures, the diagnostic tests used, the most used treatments and the time of
recovery in the postoperative period. This cross-sectional study had an inductive
approach with comparative statistical procedure and direct field documentation
research technique. The universe consisted of all hospital records obtained from
January 2016 to December 2017, of patients attended by the Department of
Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology of the Regional Hospital Deputado
Janduhy Carneiro in the city of Patos, Paraíba. The sample was composed by
carefully observing the duly completed and readable medical records, totaling 332
medical records. Data collection was performed by two previously calibrated
examiners, who selected the charts and tabulated the information together. Data
were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. The nasal fractures of the nose stood
out with 38.2% of the cases, with the radiographs as the only imaging exam
presenting a percentage of 39.2%, followed by computerized tomographies that
totaled 29.5%; treatment was the surgical one with 73.8% and the most performed
procedure was rigid internal fixation with 36.73% of the procedures, 25% of the
patients had one day of hospitalization. Analyzing and understanding the resources
used for the diagnosis of trauma in the face, as well as the main types of treatment
and the temporal perspective of patient recovery allows to enrich the literature on
Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology.