title: Rigid fixation of mandibular condyle fractures.
abstract: This article reviews the anatomy and surgical approaches for treating fractures of the mandibular condyle with plate and screw fixation. Advantages and disadvantages of the preauricular, submandibular, intraoral, retromandibular, and rhytidectomy approaches are presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D001863:Bone Screws; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*