Endoscopic-Assisted Intraoral Approach for Osteosynthesis of Mandibular Subcondylar Fractures

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The aim of this study is to follow-up and evaluate the treatment result of mandibular subcondylar (MSC) fractures by osteosynthesis via endoscopy-assisted intraoral approach.

Materials and Methods:

This is a prospective study, in which 47 patients with 51 sites of MSC fractures treated osteosynthesis via endoscopic-assisted intraoral approach at the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology HoChiMinh City—Vietnam were followed-up and evaluated clinically and radiographically up to 6 months postoperative.

Results:

Before surgery, all of the patients were malocclusion, 15% of patients were isolated MSC fractures, the rate of concomitant midface fractures were 30%, 92.2% of fracture sites with moderate displacement, 7.8% of fr

SUBMITTER: Ho Nguyen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518962 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature