[Injuries to the facial portion of the skull and their late effects in children and juveniles - a 10-year analysis (author's transl)].

A 10-year analysis comprising a total of 534 patients was used to study the histories of 192 puerile and juvenile patients with maxillofacial injuries. The proportion of children up to ten and fifteen years of age was 11.4 percent and 16.1 percent, respectively. Clinical and roentgenological reexaminations could be made of 139 patients. Typical fracture localizations and the frequency of late effects observed in the facial skeleton and dental system are discussed. It was possible for late damage to former tooth germs in the cleft of fracture to be observed in every second patient. Disturbances of growth after fractures of the body of mandible and the mid-facial skeleton were not noted. Among 33 patients with temporomandibular fractures, there were observed 5 cases showing different degrees of disturbed growth. The therapeutic approach chosen according to age and localization of fracture is described in detail.