Muhammad Amin, Adnan Babar, Muhammad Wasim Ibrahim, Muhammad Usman Ali Awan.
Post Operative Complications in Mandibular Fracture Management. Comparison of Three Different Treatment Modalities.
Pak Armed Forces Med J Jan ;66(5):720-5.

Objective: to compare the post-operative complications for mandibular fractures with three different treatment options i.e. miniplate fixation without maxillomandibular fixation (MMF), maxillomandibular fixation exclusively and maxillomandibular fixation with non-rigid fixation. Study Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT). Place and Duration of Study: Oral and maxillofacial surgery department, Armed Forces institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi, Pakistan from February 2007 to January 2008. Subjects and Methods: the study was carried out over a period of one year on 90 patients with mandibular fractures. they were randomly divided into three equal groups for three treatment options. at different levels of their post-operative visit, these patients were evaluated for post-operative complications. Data were entered and analyzed in SPSS version 10. Results: Patients treated by MMF had fewer complications, 3 (10%) as compared to patients treated by miniplate without MMF or non-rigid fixation with MMF, 16.7% (5) in each group. Statistically difference was not significant (p-value =0.138). Conclusion: the occurrence of post-operative complications in the treatment of mandibular fractures is fundamentally related to the severity of the fracture rather than the type of treatment used.

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com