Research Article
Mandibular Fractures Admitted to the Emergency Department: Data Analysis from a Swiss Level One Trauma Centre
Table 1
Characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department with mandibular fracture.
| Characteristic | Details or derived variable |
| Demographic data | Age 16 and older | Sex | Nationality | Day and time of admission | Duration of hospitalization | Day and time of discharge | Inpatient or outpatient | n.a. | Cause of fracture | Work accident | Interpersonal violence | Sport | Fall | Road traffic injuries | Tooth extraction | Other | Number of suspected fractures | n.a. | Final site of fracture (according to imaging) | Median, paramedian, corpus, mandibular angle, ramus mandibularis, collum, temporomandibular joint | Type of fracture | Compound or closed | Pathological fracture | Yes or no | Side of fracture | Imaging | Orthopantogram (OPTG) | Computer tomography (CT) | Confirmation of fracture | Yes or no |
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n.a. = not applicable.
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