ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020
The Use of 3D Titanium Miniplates in Surgical Treatment of Patients with Condylar Fractures.
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- Is extracorporeal fixation in mandibular condylar fractures a viable option? a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparison between orthopedic and surgical treatment of mandibular condylar fractures. An epidemiological and treatment outcomes research of the Maxillofacial Center in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Titanium Particles, TNF-α, and Caspase-3 Concentrations in Patients with Bones Fixations of the Maxilla and Mandibule.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- "Air Sign" in Misdiagnosed Mandibular Fractures Based on CT and CBCT Evaluation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Which of the 37 Plates Is the Most Mechanically Appropriate for a Low-Neck Fracture of the Mandibular Condyle? A Strength Testing.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Which of 51 Plate Designs Can Most Stably Fixate the Fragments in a Fracture of the Mandibular Condyle Base?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Reliability of a Trapezium Miniplate with Endoscope-Assisted Internal Fixation in Mandibular Subcondylar Fractures: A Three-Dimensional Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The Use of Titanium 3D Mini-Plates in the Surgical Treatment of Fractures of the Mandibular Condyle: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Variants and Modifications of the Retroauricular Approach Using in Temporomandibular Joint Surgery: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Change in Pull-Out Force during Resorption of Magnesium Compression Screws for Osteosynthesis of Mandibular Condylar Fractures.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of open treatment of mandibular condyle fractures using 3D miniplates. A group of 113 patients has been chosen for evaluation, including 100 men and 13 women. After hospitalization, each patient underwent a 6-month postoperative follow-up. The material chosen for the analysis consisted of data collected during the patient's stay in the hospital as well as the postoperative outpatient care. A single 4-hole Delta Condyle Compression Plate (4-DCCP) was used in 90 out of 113 (79.6%) cases. In 16 out of 113 (14.2%) patients, the Trapezoid Condyle Plate (4-TCP or 9-TCP) was used. The remaining cases required more than one miniplate. No 3D miniplate fractures were found in the study subjects during the analyzed observation period. Loosening of one or more osteosynthesis screws was observed in 4 out of 113 (3.5%) patients. Screw loosening was a complication that did not affect bone healing in any of the patient cases. The conducted research confirms that titanium 3D mini-plates are easy to adjust and take up little space, therefore they can easily be used in cases of mandibular condyle base and lower condyle neck fractures. The stability of the three-dimensional miniplates for osteosynthesis gives very good reliability for the rigid fixation of the fractured mandibular condyle.
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