Drill failure during ORIF of the mandible: complication management

• Lipa Bodner ^[1] ; Yizthak Woldenberg ^[1] ; Max Puterman ^[1]
  1. [1] oroka University Medical Center and Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 12, Nº. 8 (December), 2007
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A case of a drill breakage during open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of a mandibular fracture is reported.

    The clinical decision, diagnosis and surgical management of the complication are described.