Evaluation of Customized V Plate Versus Conventional Miniplates of Mandibular Angle Fracture

Launched by CAIRO UNIVERSITY · Nov 30, 2018

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ClinConnect Summary

The mandibular angle is one of the most common sites for fractures, accounting for 23-42% of all cases of mandibular fractures. Moreover, mandibular angle fractures have the highest postoperative complications among all mandibular fractures, and the loosening of screws and fracturing of plates are main reasons for the complications.The most widely used treatment modality for mandibular angle fracture is the use of one miniplate fixation ,The other one uses two mini-plates, with a upper mini-plate fixed at the same place of previous treatment which corresponds to the tension band of the mand...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with at least a unilateral unfavorable angle fracture indicated for Open reduction internal fixation alone or in combination with fracture elsewhere in the mandible or midrace.
• • Patients should be free from any systemic disease that may affect normal healing of bone, and predictable outcome
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with systemic disease (may affect normal healing).
• • Patients with old and/or malunited fractures (affect accuracy of reduction of the fractured segments).
• • Patients whom cannot tolerate follow up intervals (affect accuracy of study results).