ArticleJournal of maxillofacial and oral surgery2025
Headless Cannulated Screws for the Treatment of Intracapsular Condylar Fracture: A Prospective Study.
Article in Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Introduction: Numerous osteosynthesis techniques are available for the fixation of intracapsular condylar fractures but a definite gold standard method has yet to be established. Condyle consists of thin cortical bone with a friable cancelous centre and may not permit fixation with large and bulky hardware. Headless cannulated screws, often used in many forms of minimally invasive trauma surgery, provide functional and stable fracture fixation which can reduce the trauma to condylar fragments and surrounding soft tissue while treating intracapsular condylar fractures (ICF). Purpose of the Study: The present study proposes to assess the efficacy of headless cannulated screws in open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for the treatment of ICF of the mandible. Methodology: Six patients with ICF were treated by ORIF using a headless cannulated screw. Occlusion, maximum mouth opening (MMO), pain in TMJ at rest and while chewing, joint function using Helkimo's dysfunction index, radiographic outcome, and complications were recorded. Results: Mouth opening with and without pain after fixation increased significantly (from 22.33 ± 3.830 mm preoperatively to 38.83 ± 4.32 mm 3 months postoperatively), and all patients had satisfactory occlusion. Pain at rest and while chewing had significantly reduced. All six patients had severe TMJ dysfunction preoperatively, and they recovered by the 3rd follow-up month. The immediate postoperative CT scans of all patients showed an anatomic reduction of fractured fragments. The vertical ramus height restored was not statistically significant. Conclusion: The study data suggested that there is a significant improvement in the clinical signs after ORIF of ICF using a headless cannulated screw.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.