The most common maxillofacial injury is a fractured mandible. The reduction and fixation of the condyle portion of the mandible are the most critical portions because they are connected to numerous significant anatomical landmarks. IPPTA is a minimally invasive method for treating the base of a condyle fracture and there are several other recognized ORIF techniques for treating different portions of condyle...
No actionable change for audiologists; this is a maxillofacial surgery case report with no direct audiology or hearing clinical implications.
Mandibular condyle fracture repair sits at the anatomical border of audiology's scope; perioperative hearing monitoring may be a tangential consideration, but this paper offers no hearing-focused findings.
- 01Describes a minimal-access surgical approach (IPPTA) for mandibular condyle fracture repair.
- 02Technique uses a small peri-angular incision to reduce surgical trauma.
- 03Published as a single case report, providing very low-level evidence.
- 04No audiological outcomes or hearing measures are reported.
- 05Relevance to audiology practice is negligible.
The IPPTA approach allows reduction and fixation of condyle fractures with minimal surgical access.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42375074
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Single patient with mandibular base-of-condyle fracture
- Intervention
- Minimal-access surgery via IPPTA approach for condyle fracture fixation
Primary outcomes
Surgical feasibility and reduction of mandibular condyle fracture via IPPTA approach