The accuracy of osteosynthesis repositioning of the mandible--a stereophotogrammetric study.
The accuracy of repositioning of wire and plate osteosyntheses is measured by means of close-up stereophotogrammetry on cadaver mandibles. An increase of the intercondylar distance, which increases by an average of about 3.3 mm after plate osteosynthesis and by about 1.9 mm after a wire suture, is characteristic for both methods of osteosynthesis. In addition, there is a tendency to displacement of the articular condyle to caudal in osteosyntheses at the base of the mandible.
Randzio
J
J
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany.
Ficker
E
E
Wintges
T
T
Laser
S
S
D001860:Bone Plates; D001864:Bone Wires; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D010780:Photogrammetry / Q000295:instrumentation