Question · asked by 1 review
Two lag screws vs One lag screw (with arch bars and IMF): Post-operative adverse events and complications
- Population
- Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement
- Intervention
- Two lag screws
- Comparison
- One lag screw (with arch bars and IMF)
- Outcome
- Post-operative adverse events and complications
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Two lag screws vs One lag screw (with arch bars and IMF) Post-operative adverse events and complications · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures (2013) · Cochrane All outcomes | Three participants in the two-lag-screws group experienced complications: malocclusion (one) and mental-nerve paraesthesia (two, resolved after 3 months). There were no post-operative complications in the one-lag-screw… | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2013-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.