Adaptive and remodeling changes in the fractured mandibular condyle after open reduction using the Kirschner pin.
Six cases of fracture of the mandibular condyloid process in which there was osteosynthesis using the Kirschner pin were followed radiographically for more than 1 year. Tracings were made to analyze the remodeling process. The clinical course of all patients was satisfactory, without functional disturbance or asymmetries of the mandible.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Hamamatsu Medical College, Hamamatsu City, Japan.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001864:Bone Wires; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors