Pediatric Mandibular Condylar Fractures With Concomitant Cervical Spine Injury: A Treatment Protocol for Prevention of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis. 2020

Fady P Marji, and Erin Anstadt, and Alexander Davit, and Jesse A Goldstein, and Joseph E Losee
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.

In pediatric patients with mandible fractures and concomitant cervical spine injury (CSI), treatment strategies may occasionally compete: condylar fractures require functional therapy with range of motion exercises of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), while CSI requires neck immobilization. The authors report the case of a child presenting with bilateral condylar head fractures, a right parasymphyseal fracture, and concomitant CSI treated with cervical collar immobilization, who ultimately developed TMJ ankylosis. Here, the authors review mandibular condylar fracture management and suggest an approach for the pediatric patient presenting with condylar fractures and concomitant CSI requiring immobilization. To preserve range of motion at the TMJ, it is critical to prevent external restriction by prolonged cervical collar use. Instead, these patients benefit from a protocol utilizing conventional halo or noninvasive, pinless halo cervical spine stabilization. Without limitation of the TMJ, condylar fracture rehabilitation and healing may proceed unhindered.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008335 Mandibular Condyle The posterior process on the ramus of the mandible composed of two parts: a superior part, the articular portion, and an inferior part, the condylar neck. Condyle, Mandibular,Condyles, Mandibular,Mandibular Condyles
D008337 Mandibular Fractures Fractures of the lower jaw. Fracture, Mandibular,Fractures, Mandibular,Mandibular Fracture
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002985 Clinical Protocols Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy. Protocols, Clinical,Research Protocols, Clinical,Treatment Protocols,Clinical Protocol,Clinical Research Protocol,Clinical Research Protocols,Protocol, Clinical,Protocol, Clinical Research,Protocols, Clinical Research,Protocols, Treatment,Research Protocol, Clinical,Treatment Protocol
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000844 Ankylosis Fixation and immobility of a joint. Ankyloses
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D013124 Spinal Injuries Injuries involving the vertebral column. Injuries, Spinal,Injury, Spinal,Spinal Injury
D013131 Spine The spinal or vertebral column. Spinal Column,Vertebrae,Vertebral Column,Vertebra,Column, Spinal,Column, Vertebral,Columns, Spinal,Columns, Vertebral,Spinal Columns,Vertebral Columns

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