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  • Title: Management of a mandibular fracture accompanying a gunshot wound.
    Author: Emes Y, Atalay B, Aktas I, Oncu B, Aybar B, Yalcin S.
    Journal: J Craniofac Surg; 2009 Nov; 20(6):2136-8. PubMed ID: 19884845.
    Abstract:
    Gunshot injuries of the mandible can result in high rates of complications, especially in cases of bone loss. A fractured mandible accompanying a gunshot wound almost always has an external wound; the fracture is always compound and comminuted. Sometimes management of these injuries may require multiple surgical interventions. In this clinical report, treatment of a patient, who had a mandibular fracture due to a gunshot wound, is presented.A 52-year-old man with a mandibular fracture in the right mandibular body accompanying a gunshot wound was operated on. Owing to a nonunion, a second surgery was performed using reconstruction plates after hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Healing was uneventful after the second surgical intervention.
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