MANDIBULAR PATHOLOGIC FRACTURES - A SINGLE CENTRE STUDY
Authors:
Solon Politis1, Georgios Chatziantoniou1, Antonis Saramantos1, Georgios Koloutsos1, Ioannis Boukovinas2, Ioannis Astreidis Sofianos1, Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos1, Konstantinos Vachtsevanos1
Affiliation:
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University Thessaloniki,, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Medical Oncologist, private practice, Thessaloniki, Greece
Doi: 10.54936/haoms242p95
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: The mandibular pathologic fractures incorporate a significant group of head and neck fractures. The cause of them is not an extraneous force directly to the mandible, but a medical condition that weakens the lower jaw. A review of the researchable bibliographic data, reveals that there is no much of it describing the diagnosis, the causes of this kind of fractures, and the treatment of it.
Materials and Methods: Our study is depended on a case series of 38 patients of our clinic, and describes 40 cases of spontaneous fractures of the mandible, throughout a period of 13 years.
Results: The results of our study are summarized in the following points: males were the 79,5% with a mean age of 62 years old, as the rest were females with a mean age of 75 years old that presented a mandibular pathologic fracture. The first diagnosis with no infection symptoms corresponded to the 47,5% of the study sample, and in the most of the cases (18), the cause was the osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. The mean days of hospitalization found to be 24,75, referring to the treatment of the the fracture.
Conclusion: The mandible is normally a powerful bony structure. A spontaneous fracture of it must immediately worry the attending physicians to investigate the cause of it and to choose the best available treatment of the fracture. The data of our study in terms of a case series could be a auxiliary addition to the existing literature.
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Authors:
Solon Politis1, Georgios Chatziantoniou1, Antonis Saramantos1, Georgios Koloutsos1, Ioannis Boukovinas2, Ioannis Astreidis Sofianos1, Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos1, Konstantinos Vachtsevanos1
Affiliation:
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aristotle University Thessaloniki,, Thessaloniki, Greece
2 Medical Oncologist, private practice, Thessaloniki, Greece
Doi: 10.54936/haoms242p95
ABSTRACT:
Objectives: The mandibular pathologic fractures incorporate a significant group of head and neck fractures. The cause of them is not an extraneous force directly to the mandible, but a medical condition that weakens the lower jaw. A review of the researchable bibliographic data, reveals that there is no much of it describing the diagnosis, the causes of this kind of fractures, and the treatment of it.
Materials and Methods: Our study is depended on a case series of 38 patients of our clinic, and describes 40 cases of spontaneous fractures of the mandible, throughout a period of 13 years.
Results: The results of our study are summarized in the following points: males were the 79,5% with a mean age of 62 years old, as the rest were females with a mean age of 75 years old that presented a mandibular pathologic fracture. The first diagnosis with no infection symptoms corresponded to the 47,5% of the study sample, and in the most of the cases (18), the cause was the osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. The mean days of hospitalization found to be 24,75, referring to the treatment of the the fracture.
Conclusion: The mandible is normally a powerful bony structure. A spontaneous fracture of it must immediately worry the attending physicians to investigate the cause of it and to choose the best available treatment of the fracture. The data of our study in terms of a case series could be a auxiliary addition to the existing literature.
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