Open AccessCondylar fractures: Surgical versus conservative management
Author(s) -
Abhishek Karan,
N S Kedarnath,
Geetla Santhosh Reddy,
T. V. S. Harish Kumar,
C Neelima,
M. Sandhya Bhavani,
Abhishek Singh Nayyar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_157_17
Subject(s) - medicine , condyle , mann–whitney u test , dentistry , internal fixation , conservative management , reduction (mathematics) , occlusion , statistical significance , temporomandibular joint , surgery , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , fixation (population genetics) , wilcoxon signed rank test , orthodontics , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health , botany , biology , genus
Condylar fractures can be treated with one of the two methods, including the conservative (closed reduction and immobilization) and/or surgical (open reduction and internal fixation) methods. Both these modalities of treatment have their indications and contraindications and merits and demerits. The present study was designed with the purpose of comparing the outcomes of surgical versus conservative management of moderately displaced subcondylar and condylar neck fractures.