Retrieval of the displaced condylar fragment with a screw: Simple method of reduction and stabilisation of high and intracapsular condylar fractures

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-61

  Jones, Simon D ^a   Sugar, Adrian W ^a   Mommaerts, Maurice Y ^b  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Condylar fractures; Intracapsular; Reduction; Screw retrieval; Stabilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOUTH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DISLOCATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT CAPSULE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651333272     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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