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Fractures of the mandibular condyle: evidence base and
current concepts of management
Khalid Abdel-Galil ∗ , Richard Loukota 1
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Leeds Dental Institute, Clarendon Way, Leeds LS2 9LU, United Kingdom
Abstract
Management of mandibular condylar fractures remains a source of ongoing controversy. While some condylar fractures can be managed
non-surgically, recognition of fracture patterns that require surgical intervention and selection of an appropriate operative procedure are
paramount to success in treating these injuries.The objective of this review is to appraise the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of
interventions that are used in the management of fractures of the mandibular condyle.
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Operative techniques
Fig. 2. Existing level 1 and 2 evidence (ORIF: open reduction and internal fixation; CR: closed reduction; ENDO: endoscopic reduction and fixation).
Open reduction versus closed management – level 1 of patients treated with closed reduction and maxillo-
evidence mandibular fixation.32,33
An international prospective randomised trial involving
In an early trial, Worsaae and Thorn reported the complica- seven centres compared operative and conservative treatment
tions associated with surgical versus non-surgical treatment of displaced condylar fractures and yielded results which
of unilateral low subcondylar fractures.30 Although both were clearly in favour of the operative approach.16 This
groups underwent maxillo-mandibular immobilisation for 4 reported on 66 patients treated for 79 fractures and followed
weeks, they reported complication rates of 4% and 39% in up for 6 months. Evaluation included radiographic assess-
the surgical and non-surgical groups respectively. ment, clinical, functional and subjective parameters including
A randomised clinical trial assessing occlusal results visual analogue scales for pain and the Mandibular Function
following open versus closed management of condylar Impairment Questionnaire index for dysfunction. Operative
neck or subcondylar fractures found a significantly greater treatment was found to be superior in all objective and all but
percentage of malocclusion (22–28%) in the closed treat- one subjective functional parameters.
ment group.31 Earlier non-randomised longitudinal studies In another prospective single-centre study 22 patients with
from the same group confirmed decreased mandibular 26 diacapitular condylar fractures were randomised to receive
motion and reduced posterior facial/ramus height in groups either ORIF or closed treatment and followed up for 12
Fig. 3. SORG classification: (1) high/condylar neck fracture; (2) low/condylar base fracture; (3) diacapitular fracture (with permission from Loukota et al.6 ).
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Fig. 4. Osteosynthesis configurations for condylar base fractures (with permission, from: Pilling E, Eckelt U, Loukota R, Schneider K, Stadlinger B. Comparative
evaluation of ten different condylar base fracture osteosynthesis techniques).
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Conclusion
Conflict of interest
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