Concomitant injuries associated with maxillofacial fractures in Abuja, Nigeria.

Background: Injury is the leading cause of death and disability and the third most common cause of death Little attention has been given to the concomitant injuries associated with maxillofacial fractures in scientific literatures.

Objectives: For effective planning and efficient management of the patients, there is need to study the pattern ofthese injuries.

Methods: Consecutive patients who sustained one or more facial bone fractures over a period of 2 years were prospectively studied.

A randomized comparison of the effect of partial and total wound closure techniques on postoperative morbidity after mandibular third molar surgery.

Purpose: To compare the effect of total and partial wound closure techniques on immediate postoperative tissue reactions and complications after mandibular third molar surgery.

Patients And Methods: This prospective, randomized, controlled study was carried out at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria. Patients were randomly allocated to partial (group I) and total (group II) wound closure groups.

Aetiology and presentation of ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint: report of 23 cases from Abuja, Nigeria.

Several studies have reviewed the management of ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), but only a few focused on the aetiology and clinical features. We retrospectively studied the aetiology and clinical features of patients with ankylosis of the TMJ who presented to the Maxillofacial Unit, National Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, between 2004 and 2009. There were 13 male and 10 female patients, M:F ratio 1.