title: Management of a mandibular fracture accompanying a gunshot wound.
abstract: Gunshot injuries of the mandible can result in high rates of complications, especially in cases of bone loss. A fractured mandible accompanying a gunshot wound almost always has an external wound; the fracture is always compound and comminuted. Sometimes management of these injuries may require multiple surgical interventions. In this clinical report, treatment of a patient, who had a mandibular fracture due to a gunshot wound, is presented.A 52-year-old man with a mandibular fracture in the right mandibular body accompanying a gunshot wound was operated on. Owing to a nonunion, a second surgery was performed using reconstruction plates after hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Healing was uneventful after the second surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Istanbul University, Turkey, Acibadem Mahallesi 34718, Ata Sokak, No 13 B Blok Daire 50, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey. yusufemes@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emes
authors.forename: Belir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atalay
authors.forename: Irem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aktas
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oncu
authors.forename: Buket
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aybar
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yalcin
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000601:surgery; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008338:Mandibular Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*