Pathological fracture of the mandible resulting from osteomyelitis successfully treated with only intermaxillary elastic guiding.
Treatment of mandibular pathological fractures differs according to etiology. Closed reduction with intermaxillary fixation is usually performed when fractures occur as a result of osteomyelitis. Here is reported a case of pathological fracture of the mandible resulting from osteomyelitis that was successfully treated with intermaxillary elastics only.
Ogasawara
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Department of Sensory and Locomotor Medicine, Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui 910-1193, Japan. ogasa@u-fukui.ac.jp
Sano
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Hatsusegawa
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Miyauchi
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Nakamura
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Matsuura
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