Pre-Adapted Arch Bar Revisited for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation in Mandibular Fractures at Tooth-Bearing Sites

pre-adapted arch bar revisited for open reduction and internal fixation in mandibular fractures at tooth-bearing sites

Pre-adapted Arch Bar Revisited for Open Reduction and Internal Fixation in Mandibular Fractures at Tooth-Bearing Sites

Mandibular fractures are frequently encountered in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is one of the treatments of choice (1-3). Maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) is usually performed during surgery (2-5). Recently, an arch bar was reconsidered as a means of providing additional stability to internal fixation in anterior mandibular fractures (1, 5). The ar...

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation in Pediatric Mandibular Fractures

thick surrounding adipose tissue, and stabilization of the mandible and maxilla by the unerupted teeth.2 Pediatric mandible fractures are uncommon and have been treated by a wide variety of fixation methods. Incomplete or nondisplaced fractures as well as fractures of the subcondylar region are treated by traditional methods of a soft diet or closed reduction. Displaced fractures are better ser...

Inferior alveolar nerve function after open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular fractures.

PURPOSE Mandibular fractures are amongst the most common facial fractures and are usually treated by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF). Inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) injuries are seen frequently in mandibular fractures as well as after ORIF of these fractures due to the exposition and the close proximity of the nerve during fracture reduction. Therefore the continuity of the IAN can b...

The functional outcome of surgically treated unstable pelvic ring fractures by open reduction, internal fixation

 Abstract Background: Unstable Pelvic fracture, a result of high energy antero-posterior compression injury, has been managed based on internal fixation and open reduction. The mode of fixation in Unstable Pelvic fracture has, however, been a subject of controversy and some authors have proposed a need to address the issue of partial breach of the pelvic ring elements in these injuries. This st...