This study reviewed the fate of @entity702 plates used to correct maxillofacial @entity130 in 76 @entity1 to define risk factors for plate removal. Medical records of 76 consecutive @entity1 at a single institution, over a 10-year period, were retrospectively reviewed. Variables included age, sex, @entity130 type, diagnosis, @entity174 type, @entity174 diagnosis, plate location, surgical approach, and reasons for plate removal. @entity174 diagnosis was described as panfacial (42%), blowout (3%), midface (28%), zygoma (26%), mandible angle (6%), ramus (7%), and symphysis (9%). All plate removals according to @entity174 diagnosis were in the mandible angle (30%) and symphysis (20%). When plate location was reviewed, 68% of the plates were placed in the upper and midface and 32% were placed in the mandible. Specifically, plates were placed in the frontozygomatic suture (18%), zygomaticomaxillary suture (19%), infraorbital rim (14%) and mandible symphysis (15%), mandible angle (9%), piriform (6%), nasal (5%), mandible ramus (4%) and body (4%), zygoma (2%), and frontal (2%). Of 163 plates that were placed, 6 plates (3.7%) were removed. Three (12%) of the symphysis plates and 3 (20%) of the angle plates were removed. Among all variables, only @entity174 diagnosis (P = 0.01) and plate location (P = 0.01) were statistically significant in plate removal. Five plates were removed for @entity281 ; 1 plate was removed for @entity4034 . Further review revealed that 4 out of 6 plates removed involved @entity174 . Most infections after maxillofacial @entity130 occur in the mandible, and often these infections are the main reason for plate removal. More vigilance is needed in the treatment of mandible angle and symphyseal @entity174 , especially if there are synchronous @entity174 , to prevent @entity281 and subsequent malunion.

Symptomatic plate removal in maxillofacial XXXX : a review of 76 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures', 'fracture', 'synchronous mandible fractures', 'Fracture'] @entity4034 :: ('MESH:D010019', 'Disease') :: ['osteomyelitis'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection, plate removal', 'abscess/infection'] @entity702 :: ('MESH:D014025', 'Chemical') :: ['titanium'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity130 :: (MESH:D014947,Disease) :: ['trauma']
