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INFERENTIAL THERAPY TO PROMOTE UNION OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES
Author(s) -
GANNE J. M.,
SPECULAND B.,
MAYNE L. H.,
Goss A. N.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb06442.x
Subject(s) - medicine , non union , delayed union , incidence (geometry) , surgery , retrospective cohort study , bony union , fixation (population genetics) , bone grafting , dentistry , mandibular fracture , internal fixation , oral and maxillofacial surgery , nonunion , population , physics , environmental health , optics
Non‐union of mandibular fractures is uncommon, but when it does occur it requires protracted treatment including further surgery. Nine patients with factors known to predispose to non‐union out of 150 consecutive mandibular fractures received interferential therapy (I.T.) during the fixation period; all fractures united satisfactorily. In a retrospective study of 150 consecutive mandibular fractures previously treated by the same surgeons without I. T., three fractures resulted in non‐union requiring grafting. Thus the incidence of non‐union was 0% when I. T. was used and 2% in the control group.