title: [Treatment of patients of elderly and sinile age with fractures of the mandibula].
abstract: In the above study, the comparison of efficiency of complex treatment of elderly and senile patients with fractures of mandibula has been carried out. After osteosynthesis of mandibula with mini-plates, frequency of development of traumatic osteomyelitis in these patients was lower than that after osteosynthesis by means of bone suture, especially in the group of patients who were admitted with signs of inflammation of osteal wound, where traumatic osteomyelitis developed 3 times less often than after osteosynthesis with bone suture. At bilateral fractures of mandibula, osteosynthesis with bone suture is not prescribed to the elderly patients who are admitted with signs of inflammation of osteal wound. Application of mini-plates for osteosynthesis at fractures of mandibula in the elderly patients enabled to restore mandibula motion and chewing function within much earlier terms.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Guk
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Iordanishvili
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ryzhak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001860:Bone Plates; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000528:radiation effects; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome