Abstract
A clinical study of 19 patients with pediatric maxillofacial fracture who visited our hospital from January 2008 to December 2017 was conducted. The patients consisted of 14 boys and 3 girls.
Patient age ranged from 1 to 15 years （median, 13 years）. The causes of injury included 6 cases of falls, 5 cases of sports accidents, 5 cases of tumble, 1 case of traffic accident, and 1 case of a blow. The fracture sites were the mandible （10 cases） and zygomatic bone （7 cases）. Ten patients were treated conservatively, 3 patients by open reduction with internal fixation, 2 patients by internal maxillary fixation, and 1 patient by closed reduction. The median follow-up period was 7 months （range, 1-52 months） for 19 patients, 19 months （range, 3-52 months） for patients with mandible fracture, and 6 months （range, 1-12 months） for those with zygomatic fracture. In all of the patients, a good range of movement was achieved and no growth disturbance was apparent in the follow-up period.
