title: [Several cases using a Kirschner nail in the treatment of low subcondylar fractures of the mandible].
abstract: The authors report four cases of low sub-condylar fractures of the mandible treated surgically. In three cases fixation was obtained using a transfocal Kirschner nail. They then describe the operative technique with its difficulties and the indications for transfocal nailing.
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: A propos de quelques cas d'utilisation de la broche de Kirschner dans le traitement des fractures sous-condyliennes basses de la mandibule