Condylectomy: Role in Treatment of Jaw Fractures
- 1 April 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 87 (4) , 425-433
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1968.00760060427018
Abstract
FRACTURES of the mandibular condyle require prompt and accurate treatment if serious irregularities in mandibular function are to be avoided. The incidence1-3of condylar fractures has been reported at widely differing levels as 6% of mandibular fractures in a series by Edgerton and Hill,1up to 36% in a series by Hagan and Huelke,2with other reports in between. The Edgerton-Hill series covered 434 fractures and the Hagan-Huelke series was 319 cases. Desault, in a treatise on fractures in 1805, stated that restoration of condylar fragments secondary to fracture was important because failure to do so might end in a nonunion of fragments. The end result of this might render the condyle irregular and deformed, which could impede function of the jaw. A posttreatment survey of 120 cases of mandibular condyle fracture was carried out by the Chalmers J. Lyons Club in a report in 1947. CondyleKeywords
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