David L. Skaggs, MD, MMM, and colleagues treated 55 pediatric patients with lateral condyle fractures with either long arm casting, closed reduction and percutaneous pinning or open reduction and ...

During the last 2 decades, many studies on the treatment of mandibular condyle fracture have been published. However, the timing and methodology of treatment are still widely debated, despite the ...

Fractures of the condyle are still today the subject of much discussion, especially as regards standardizing the therapy, due to the wide variety of forms this may take, and because of the numerous ...

Studies were included if they simultaneously compared open and closed techniques with at least one of the following outcome measures: maximum postoperative mouth opening, amount of lateral excursion ...

Fractures may occur easily in the mandible owing to its anatomical properties and this bone may account for as many as 70% of fractures occurring in the maxillofacial region. It is fairly prominent on ...