Drill failure during ORIF of the mandible. Complication management.
A case of a drill breakage during open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of a mandibular fracture is reported. The clinical decision, diagnosis and surgical management of the complication are described.
Bodner
Lipa
L
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. lbodner@bgu.ac.il
Woldenberg
Yizthak
Y
Puterman
Max
M
D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*