[Analysis of Surgical-orthopaedic Treatment of Mandibular Fractures in Patients Treated in the Period 1984-1986]

During 3 years 1246 patients were treated for mandibular fractures, 828 of them were treated by conservative-orthopaedic methods while in 418 patients the displaced mandibular fragments were reduced and fixed surgically using various methods. The purpose of the assessment was a group of 319 patients in whom the fragments were reduced and fixed with ossous sutures. A good result of treatment was achieved after this operation in 291 cases (91.2%). In 28 patients (8.8%) postoperative complications developed requiring reoperation.