Open versus closed treatment of fractures of the mandibular condylar process-a prospective randomized multi-centre study

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 306-314

  Eckelt, Uwe ^a   Schneider, Matthias ^a   Erasmus, Francois ^b   Gerlach, Klaus Louis ^c   Kuhlisch, Eberhard ^a   Loukota, Richard ^d   Rasse, Michael ^e   Schubert, Johannes ^f   Terheyden, Hendrik ^g  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Klerksdorp   (South Africa)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e General Public Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross   (Austria)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

closed reduction multi centre study; condylar fractures; mandible fractures; maxillomandibular immobilization; open reduction; open rigid fixation; temporo mandibular joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745464647     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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