Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Trends and characteristics of oral and maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria: a review of the literature | BioMed Central Head Face Medicine Review Open Access Trends and characteristics of oral and maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria a review of the literature Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo x1 Akinola Ladipo Ladeindet2 Mobolanle Olugbemiga Ogunlewet2 and Olutayo Jamesf1 Address department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Lagos University Teaching Hospital . 12003 Lagos Nigeria and department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery College of Medicine University of Lagos . 12003 Lagos Nigeria Email Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo - lanreadeyemo@ Akinola Ladipo Ladeinde - drakinladeinde@ Mobolanle Olugbemiga Ogunlewe - gbemilewe@ Olutayo James - olutayojames@ Corresponding author tEqual contributors Published 04 October 2005 Received 09 June 2005 . o _ _ Ad-J- AAAr .-r J. .IA I mz i-zaz I AV I -7 Accepted 04 October 2005 Head Face Medicine 2005 1 7 doi 1746-160X-1-7 r This article is available from http content 1 1 7 2005 Adeyemo et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The etiology of maxillofacial injuries varies from one country to another and even within the same country depending on the prevailing socioeconomic cultural and environmental factors. Periodic verification of the etiology of maxillofacial injuries helps to recommend ways in which maxillofacial injuries can be averted. The aim of the present study is therefore to analyse the characteristics and trends of maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria based on a systematic review of the literature. Methods A literature search using MEDLINE was conducted for publications on maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria. The relevant references in these publications were manually searched for additional .
