title: Multiple mandibular fractures. Treatment outlines.
abstract: Multiple mandibular comminuted fractures usually occur in high energy traumas. The authors describe the management and treatment of multiple mandibular fractures in a young patient after a suicide attempt.
authors: Cranio Maxillo Facial Surgery Unit, Centre for Orbital Pathology and Surgery, Reference Center for Treatment of Rare Diseases, St. Anna Hospital and University, Cona, Ferrara, Italy - csr@unife.it.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Elia
authors: Elena
authors: E
authors: Franco
authors: Luigi C
authors: LC
authors: Clauser
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001860:Bone Plates; D004867:Equipment Design; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000069076:Fractures, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult