Title

Correlation between facial bone fractures and associated long bone injuries in polytrauma patients: A retrospective imaging-based study

Authors

Akanksha Malviya¹, Piyush Pratap Singh Sikarwar^2,*, Yogesh Singh Parihar³, Ashwin Chouhan³, Dilraj Singh⁴ & Akanksha Sikarwar⁵

Affiliation

¹Consultant Radiologist, ITM Hospital Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Emergency Medicine, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Depatment of Orthopedics, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁴Department of Oral Medicine Diagnosis and Radiology, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research, Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; ⁵Department of Periodontology, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research, Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Akanksha Malviya - E-mail: malviya.akanksha15@gmail.com
Piyush Pratap Singh Sikarwar - E-mail: peyush09@gmail.com
Yogesh Singh Parihar - E-mail: yogeshsinghparihar123@gmail.com
Ashwin Chouhan - E-mail: ashvin.arshavin60@gmail.com
Dilraj Singh - E-mail: dilraajsinghgwl@gmail.com
Akanksha Sikarwar - E-mail: akankshasinghsikarwar11@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received August 1, 2025; Revised August 31, 2025; Accepted August 31, 2025, Published August 31, 2025

Abstract

Polytrauma patients often present with complex injury patterns, but the correlations between facial fractures and long bone injuries remain poorly defined. Hence, a study was conducted on 210 polytrauma patients to determine correlations between facial fracture patterns and long bone injuries are of interest. Midface and mandibular fractures were common, with panfacial fractures significantly associated with femur injuries (r = 0.68, p < 0.001). Mandibular fractures correlated with tibial fractures (r = 0.54, p = 0.003). Multivariate analysis confirmed that panfacial fractures increased femur injury risk 4.2-fold. Shows emphasize the need for early multidisciplinary management in facial trauma cases.

Keywords

Polytrauma, facial fractures, long bone injuries, panfacial fracture, multidisciplinary care, CT imaging, trauma correlation

Citation

Malviya et al. Bioinformation 21(8): 2785-2788 (2025)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.