Statistical observations on patients at the Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Kagoshima University Dental School Hospital during the first three years

Abstract

Patients at the Second Department of Oral and maxillofacial Surgery Kagoshima University Dental School Hospital during the first three years (April, 1981-April, 1984) since its the establishment were analyzed statistically.
1. There were 613 new patients in the first year, 743 in the second year and 667 in the third year. These figures accounted for about 20% of all patients at the hospital.
2. Inpatients increased each year, i.e., 99, 131, and 154.
3. Cleft lip and/ or palate cases markedly increased each year, i. e., 34, 36 and 68. The number of plastic operations for these patients amounted to 37, 36 and 67.