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| Author(s): |
Jose Luis Muñante Cardenas
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas |
| Defense date: | 2014-07-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Luis Augusto Passeri;
João Batista de Miranda;
Joaquim Murray Bustorff Silva;
Cassio Edvard Sverzut;
Leandro Eduardo Klüppel
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| Advisor: | Luis Augusto Passeri |
| Abstract | |
The objectives of this study were evaluate the epidemiological characteristics of cases involving mandibular fractures and to evaluate the mechanical behavior of four different methods of fixation of fractures of the mandibular angle. An epidemiological survey on cases of mandibular fractures treated by the Department of Plastic Surgery, at the Clinical Hospital of University of Campinas, was performed. The medical records of 119 patients treated between January 2006 and December 2011 were analyzed. The fractures mainly affected young male patients. Road traffic accidents caused the largest number of fractures, being the motorcycle accidents the most common cause. The most affected regions were the mandibular angle and parasymphysis. Surgical treatment was applied in most cases. Complications occurred in 36 patients (30.2 %). Complications in mandibular angle accounted for 27 % of cases. The severity of the trauma and uncooperative patients were factors that contributed to the development of postoperative complications. To the mechanical evaluation, forty mandible replicas made of polyurethane were used. The samples were divided into four groups with different fixation methods: one miniplate, two parallel miniplates, a 3D miniplates with 4 holes and a 3D miniplate with 8 holes, all of them of a 2.0mm system. Each group was subjected to linear vertical loading at the incisal and molar region by an Instron 4411 mechanical testing unit (Instron Corp, Norwood, MA). The technique of two parallel miniplates showed statistically greater resistance than all other fixation methods. No statistically significant difference was observed in 3D miniplates with 4 holes in relation to the group of one miniplate. The 3DPP group showed lower values of strength. Thus, the technique of two miniplates showed better mechanical behavior for the fixation of the mandibular angle fractures (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/19737-8 - Mechanical resistance of flexion strength of fixation methods for angle fractures in mandible polyurethane. |
| Grantee: | Jose Luis Munante Cardenas |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |