Abstract: A Microplate Fixation for Treatment of Comminuted Mandibular Fractures

METHODS: All operative facial trauma over a 16 year period (1998 – 2013) at a single institution was reviewed. Patients were categorized based on the imaging modality (head or face scan) used to evaluate their facial fractures, excluding those receiving a single imaging study. Fracture patterns seen were categorized and patients receiving both scan types were grouped based on whether the results were identical. Demographic information was compared between the groups. Further analysis was performed for the group with non-identical results to determine the difference in the type and quantity of fractures captured by each scan.