Mk. Akama et al., OCCURRENCE AND PATTERN OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES AT KISII-DISTRICT-HOSPITAL, KENYA, East African medical journal, 70(11), 1993, pp. 732-733
A retrospective study of the hospital records revealed that 39 cases o
f mandibular fractures presented at Kisii District Hospital during a t
wo-year period. 27 cases were due to interpersonal violence while road
traffic accidents and accidental falls accounted for 9 and 3 of the c
ases respectively. The male ratio was 2.9:1. Majority (26 cases) of th
e patients were aged between 20 and 39 years. The commonly involved fr
acture site was the left body of the mandible accounting for 20 of the
fractures.