title: The accuracy of osteosynthesis repositioning of the mandible--a stereophotogrammetric study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Randzio
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ficker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wintges
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laser
mesh_terms: 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