Open AccessA Retrospective Study of Condylar Fracture Management in a Tertiary Care Hospital—A 10-Year Experience
Author(s) -
Suresh Me,
Veerendra Kumar,
Archana Shrivastava,
Priyangath,
Satyapriya Shivakotee
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01257-2
Subject(s) - medicine , condyle , internal fixation , oral and maxillofacial surgery , dentistry , molar , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , fixation (population genetics) , plastic surgery , otorhinolaryngology , surgery , orthodontics , population , physics , environmental health , optics
Since the advent of rigid fixation, there has been a paradigm shift in the management of condylar fractures from closed treatment options to open reduction and rigid internal fixation.