Motorcycle accident is the main cause of XXXX in the Penang Mainland, Malaysia.

@entity1 @entity11253 @entity64 @entity174 @entity130
BACKGROUND/AIM: @entity11253 are among the commonest forms of @entity130 . There are three divisions, namely, @entity174 , soft tissue @entity130 , and @entity130 . Etiologies include motor @entity64 , assaults, falls, and sporting @entity130 . The aim of this study was to determine the profiles including the causes of @entity11253 seen in an urban government hospital in the mainland of Penang State, Malaysia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study that recruited cases reported within a period of 1 year. The source population was @entity11253 @entity1 presenting to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of an urban hospital in the Penang Mainland, North Malaysia between May 2007 and May 2008. Cases of @entity1 involved in accidents that occurred outside the reference vicinity were excluded. A case report form was developed and completed by the attending clinicians. Data were analyzed using spss version 12.0. RESULTS: A total of 194 cases were studied, with the mean @entity1 age being 27.8 (SD 15.20) years. The majority of @entity1 were Malay @entity1 between 20 and 29 years of age. The main cause of injury was motorcycle accident (53.6%). The commonest injury (in isolation/combination with other @entity130 ) involved the soft tissues (87.2%), dentoalveolar region (33.4%), and facial bones (23.9%). Laceration was the commonest soft tissue injury, and crown @entity174 was the most frequent @entity130 . The facial bone that was most highly involved in the injury was the zygoma. Subjects involved in motorcycle accidents had a significantly higher incidence of sustaining @entity174 . CONCLUSIONS: Motorcycle accidents were the commonest cause of @entity11253 in the Penang Mainland, Malaysia. Most @entity1 were young @entity1 . Hence, it is prudent to reinforce appropriate road safety and awareness interventions particularly focusing young male motorcyclists so as to reduce the risk of accidents.
