Severe bone resorption and osteoarthrosis after miniplate fixation of high condylar fractures

Autor:	Dorrit Hallikainen, Christian Lindqvist, Pertti Mikkonen, Pertti Paukku, Tateyuki Iizuka
Rok vydání:	1991
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Osteosynthesis business.industry medicine.disease Condyle Bone resorption Pathology and Forensic Medicine Surgery Resorption Condylar resorption Fixation (surgical) stomatognathic system Fracture fixation Bone plate medicine business General Dentistry
Zdroj:	Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology. 72:400-407
ISSN:	0030-4220
DOI:	10.1016/0030-4220(91)90547-p
Popis:	Thirteen cases of high condylar fracture treated by open reduction and fixation with miniplates were monitored for an average of 18 months postoperatively. Satisfactory functional results were achieved clinically in all but one patient. Radiologically, however, signs of condylar resorption and osteoarthrosis were diagnosed in all patients. In four patients with associated multiple fractures of the facial bones, rapid complete resorption of the condyle was observed. These changes were markedly more severe than those observed in our previous study, in which osteosynthesis was performed by transosseous wiring and subsequent intermaxillary fixation for 3 to 7 weeks. Indications for rigid and nonrigid fixation in the surgical treatment of condylar fractures are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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