The prevalence of materials used for facial fracture’s osteosynthesis in João Pessoa/PB

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence, use and specifications of materials used for osteosynthesis of facial fractures in the emergency service of public emergency unity in João Pessoa/PB. A statistical-descriptive procedure was used with indirectly technique research through documentary records of 349 patients admitted for surgical treatment of facial injuries. The results were processed using the program Epinfo 6.0, and can be oncluded that: a) the prevalence of osteosynthesis materials suffered variation according to type; b) the 2.0 mm titanium plates and screws system were the most used materials; c) the 1.5 mm titanium plates and screws system were the most used materials for the fracture’s osteosynthesis of higher occurrence, the orbital fractures