Epidemiological survey of care traumatology and oral & maxillofacial surgery in the Macrorregional Hospital of Presidente Dutra - MA

Abstract

Introduction: One of the main services provided by emergency and emergency services is facial trauma, responsible for great aesthetic, functional and emotional impacts on individuals lives, as well as causing morbidity and overcrowding in hospitals. In this way, the present study aimed to perform a survey of the operations of buco-maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology in a large regional hospital in the interior of Maranhão. Methods: a retrospective survey was carried out, analyzing the patients medical records at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology of the Presidente Dutra-MA Regional Hospital, regardless of the etiology for care, in the period from March 2015 to August 2018. Results: The sample consisted of 1333 medical records, the male gender was the most affected (n = 1099) (82%); the age group between 21 and 30 years was the most prevalent in both genders; traffic accidents were the main cause of facial trauma, with the jaw being the most affected region with 401 cases (30.1%); the most frequent surgical procedure was osteosynthesis, totaling 57.4% and the mean length of hospital stay was 1 to 5 days. Conclusion: The main etiology of the surgeries was a fracture, due to automobile accidents caused by the lack of application and inspection traffic laws, thus contributing to the increase of morbidity and mortality in hospital costs.