Factors contributing to the surgical retreatment of mandibular fractures

• Main Authors: João Gualberto de Cerqueira Luz (Author), Rogerio Bonfante Moraes (Author), Ricardo Pimenta D'Ávila (Author), Marcos Kazuo Yamamoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate contributing factors in patients requiring surgical retreatment of mandibular fractures. Of all the patients with mandibular fractures who were treated using internal fixation at a trauma hospital over a seven-year period, 20 patients (4.7%) re...