Outcomes of Open Versus Closed Treatment of Mandibular Subcondylar Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1304-1309

  Singh, Virendra ^a   Bhagol, Amrish ^a   Goel, Mahesh ^a   Kumar, Ish ^a   Verma, Ajay ^a  

^a PT B D SHARMA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE SUBCONDYLAR FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROGNATHIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952292973     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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