Facial nerve preservation in transmasseteric antero-parotid approach for open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular subcondylar fracture

Facial nerve preservation in transmasseteric antero-parotid approach for open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular subcondylar fracture

Objective: Mandibular condylar fracture has an incidence rate between 14 and 48% of all mandibular fractures. Rigid fixation along with open reduction internal fixation is so far the most successful method to ensure the mandible stays in its natural anatomy. Facial nerve injury is the most feared co...

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Main Authors: Can Ilker Demir, Emrah Kagan Yasar, Kivanc Emre Davun, Aykut Gok, Murat Sahin Alagoz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
facial nerve
mandibular fracture
open reduction
internal fixation
Online Access:http://www.turkjplastsurg.org/article.asp?issn=1300-6878;year=2020;volume=28;issue=2;spage=89;epage=92;aulast=Demir

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