title: [Open operation of the vertical condylar fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article is mentioned to study the incidence, diagnosis, management of the vertical condylar fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  11 patients, 14 cases of the vertical condylar fractures, were treated in our department between June 1997 and August 1998. All the patients were diagnosed through history, physical examination, radiographs, computed tomography scan and three-dimensional reconstruction of a computed tomography scan, treated with various surgical approaches.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients had got satisfactory postoperative result in the aspects of occlusion, degree of opening, joint noise, pain in the area of temporomandibular joint, deviation in mandibular motion and healing of the incision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Enough attention should be paid to the vertical condylar fractures. The key to a successful open operation is the correct diagnosis, the accurate reduction and the stable fixation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth people's Hospital, Shanghai Second Medical Unviersity. Shanghai 200011, China.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi