title: [Clinical results of 46 patients with jaw fractures but delayed management].
abstract: 46 cases with jaw fractures but delayed management were reviewed, the time, causes of delayed treatment and outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. The delayed time to treatment was between 2 to 12 days. The causes of delay were multiple. All the patients underwent surgical treatment including open reduction and internal fixation. The results showed that 6 patients were treated 2 to 5 days after injury with primary healing. 31 patients were treated 5 to 10 days after injury, 27 were with primary healing. 9 patients were treated 10 to 12 days after injury with primary healing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, People's Hospital of Linqing City, Linqing 252600, Shandong Province, China.
authors.forename: Jin-sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Yong-fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007572:Jaw Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors