ABSTRACT

Traumatic injuries can vary from minor isolated wounds to severe fractures that become difficult to manage in emergency medicine. Recently designed systems in trauma management are the miniplate system. The miniplates used in trauma management have turned out to be of great advantage in terms of stability and success. This study evaluates the efficacy of miniplates as treatment modality in fracture of maxillofacial region. This was a cross sectional study analyzing 76 patients who reported to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai with maxillofacial trauma from June 2019-March 2020. The data was analyzed and the results were recorded. Out of the 76 subjects who have undergone trauma management, 81.3%. showed satisfactory healing in the immediate review one day after surgery and 18.67% with further review after 1 week. Road traffic accidents (66.67%) were the most common etiological cause reported. Majority (80%) and only 4% with overall complications. of the patients showed no postoperative complications. Among the target population, the majority of the patients were male (85.5%) and female (14.5%). This study also revealed that titanium miniplate (53.3%) was the most frequently used material followed by stainless steel miniplates(46.7%). The use of miniplates in trauma management during emergency situations was found to have a high rate of success and reliability. However due to certain limitations in this study, further studies with large sample size is required. Keyword: Miniplates, trauma management, mandibular fractures, stainless steel
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1072