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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

1 finding from 1 review

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

3-dimensional (3D) miniplates vs Standard (Champy) plates

Post-operative adverse events and complications · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
Jain 2010 (3D group): segmental mobility (two), proximity to mental nerve or roots (two), radiologically unsatisfactory reduction (one) and unsatisfactory fixation (four) vs one (standard); only fixation differed…
2 studies
GRADE not reported

Locking plate vs 2 mm non-locking titanium plates

Post-operative adverse events and complications (paraesthesia, swelling, segmental mobility) · Adults (16 to 68 years) with mandibular fractures excluding condylar involvement

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the management of mandibular fractures 2013 · Cochrane All outcomes
Agarwal 2011: paraesthesia in one participant in the non-locking plate group (resolved by 3 months), none in the locking group; infection rates similar at 6 weeks and 3 months; post-operative swelling in 20% of both…
1 study
GRADE not reported