TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of mandibular angle fractures using the AO reconstruction plate
AU - Ellis, Edward
N1 - Funding Information:
Southwestern in part by a grant from the R. Hayward
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Fifty-two patients with fracture of the mandibular angle were treated by extraoral open reduction and internal fixation using the AO reconstruction bone plate (Synthes, Paoli, PA). None were placed into postsurgical maxillomandibular fixation. Four patients developed early infections requiring incision and drainage (7.5%). One patient required removal of the hardware after the fracture had healed. The use of the AO reconstruction bone plate for fractures of the mandibular angle was found to be very predictable and was associated with a low rate of complications.
AB - Fifty-two patients with fracture of the mandibular angle were treated by extraoral open reduction and internal fixation using the AO reconstruction bone plate (Synthes, Paoli, PA). None were placed into postsurgical maxillomandibular fixation. Four patients developed early infections requiring incision and drainage (7.5%). One patient required removal of the hardware after the fracture had healed. The use of the AO reconstruction bone plate for fractures of the mandibular angle was found to be very predictable and was associated with a low rate of complications.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0278-2391(10)80166-1
DO - 10.1016/S0278-2391(10)80166-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 8445465
AN - SCOPUS:0027453097
VL - 51
SP - 250
EP - 254
JO - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
JF - Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
SN - 0278-2391
IS - 3
ER -