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KMID : 0360119940160040438
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Journal of the Korean Society of Maxillofacial Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons
1994 Volume.16 No. 4 p.438 ~ p.446
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Complications associated with monocortical titanium miniplate used in rigid fixation of mandibular fractures
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Abstract
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Eighty-nine patients with mndibular fracture were treated by open reduction and internal fixation using the monocortical titanium miniplate(Leibinger Co.). Postsurgical intermaxillary fixation was carried out for 2 to 18 days according to the
patient's
status. Seven patients developed infections postoperatively(7.9%). Five patients were fovorably treated by incision and drainage and/or saucerization. But two patients were not controlled by early surgical intervention and should have been
followed
by
plate removal, saucerization and secondary reconstruction including the bone graft.
This article reports the postoperative infection associated with miniplate fixation of mandibular fractures and discuss the incidence, cause, treatment and prognosis with careful case analyses.
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