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Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws
For some years now, fixation devices created with resorbable magnesium alloys for the mandibular head have been clinically available and are beginning to be used. It is thus valuable to evaluate the quality of unions in these cases. The aim of this study was radiological comparison of magnesium vers...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950275/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329682 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15062230 |
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author | Kozakiewicz, Marcin Gabryelczak, Izabela |
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description | For some years now, fixation devices created with resorbable magnesium alloys for the mandibular head have been clinically available and are beginning to be used. It is thus valuable to evaluate the quality of unions in these cases. The aim of this study was radiological comparison of magnesium versus titanium open reduction and rigid fixations in the mandible condylar head. Thirty-one patients were treated for fractures of the mandibular head with magnesium WE43 alloy headless compression screws (diameter 2.3 mm) and, as a reference group, 29 patients were included with similar construction titanium screws (diameter 1.8 mm). The 12-month results of the treatment were evaluated by the texture analysis of CT. Near similar treatment results were found with magnesium screws in traditional titanium fixation. Magnesium screws result in a higher density of the bone structure in the mandibular head. Conclusions: The quantitative evaluation of bone union after surgical treatment of mandibular head fracture with magnesium compression headless screws indicates that stable consolidation was achieved. Undoubtedly, the resorption process of the screws was found to be incomplete after 12 months, evidenced by a marked densification of the bone structure at the fracture site. |
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spelling | pubmed-89502752022-03-26 Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws Kozakiewicz, Marcin Gabryelczak, Izabela Materials (Basel) Article For some years now, fixation devices created with resorbable magnesium alloys for the mandibular head have been clinically available and are beginning to be used. It is thus valuable to evaluate the quality of unions in these cases. The aim of this study was radiological comparison of magnesium versus titanium open reduction and rigid fixations in the mandible condylar head. Thirty-one patients were treated for fractures of the mandibular head with magnesium WE43 alloy headless compression screws (diameter 2.3 mm) and, as a reference group, 29 patients were included with similar construction titanium screws (diameter 1.8 mm). The 12-month results of the treatment were evaluated by the texture analysis of CT. Near similar treatment results were found with magnesium screws in traditional titanium fixation. Magnesium screws result in a higher density of the bone structure in the mandibular head. Conclusions: The quantitative evaluation of bone union after surgical treatment of mandibular head fracture with magnesium compression headless screws indicates that stable consolidation was achieved. Undoubtedly, the resorption process of the screws was found to be incomplete after 12 months, evidenced by a marked densification of the bone structure at the fracture site. MDPI 2022-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8950275/ /pubmed/35329682 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15062230 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kozakiewicz, Marcin Gabryelczak, Izabela Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title | Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title_full | Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title_fullStr | Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title_full_unstemmed | Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title_short | Bone Union Quality after Fracture Fixation of Mandibular Head with Compression Magnesium Screws |
title_sort | bone union quality after fracture fixation of mandibular head with compression magnesium screws |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950275/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35329682 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15062230 |
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