Mandibular Fractures Admitted to the Emergency Department: Data Analysis from a Swiss Level One Trauma Centre

Table 1

Characteristics of patients admitted to the emergency department with mandibular fracture.

Characteristic	Details or derived variable
Demographic data	Age 16 and older
	Sex
	Nationality
Day and time of admission	Duration of hospitalization
Day and time of discharge
Inpatient or outpatient	n.a.
Cause of fracture	Work accident
	Interpersonal violence
	Sport
	Fall
	Road traffic injuries
	Tooth extraction
	Other
Number of suspected fractures	n.a.
Final site of fracture (according to imaging)	Median, paramedian, corpus, mandibular angle, ramus mandibularis, collum, temporomandibular joint
Type of fracture	Compound or closed
Pathological fracture	Yes or no
Side of fracture
Imaging	Orthopantogram (OPTG)
	Computer tomography (CT)
Confirmation of fracture	Yes or no

n.a. = not applicable.