NCT01851031

A New Surgical Approach to Treat Medial or Low Condylar Fractures

A New Surgical Approach to Treat Medial or Low Condylar Fractures:The Minor Parotid Anterior Approach

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: West China College of Stomatology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 56 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study was to compare the new approach and the retromandibular approach, so that the therapeutic effect and the advantages of the new approach would be clear.

Detailed description

Sixty patients (72 sides) with medial or low condylar fractures were treated with surgical intervention. Thirty-six patients (42 sides) were treated with minor parotid anterior approach, and the other 24 patients (30 sides) were treated with retromandibular approach. The data about the operations and complications were recorded. The follow-up periods were 3-12 months.

Conditions

• Fracture of Condylar Process

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	the minor approach	Thirty-six patients (the minor approach group) were treated with minor parotid anterior approach

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2012-06-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2013-05-10
• Last updated: 2013-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China