[Treatment of mandibular fractures in patients at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital in Lublin in the years 1988-1997]. / Metody zaopatrzenia zlaman zuchwy u pacjentów leczonych w Klinice Chirurgii Stomatologicznej i Szczekowo-Twarzowej Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie w latach 1988-1997.

Between 1988-1997 in the Department of Dental and Maxillo-facial Surgery of Medical University in Lublin there were applied three types of fixation of mandible bone fracture. Depending on the kind of fracture and teeth condition with 692 (i.e. 60%) patients there was applied preservative treatment and 530 undergone surgery (i.e. 18.1%) and undergone surgical and orthopedic treatment (i.e. 21.9%). Upon analysis of treated population it was concluded, that during period of assessment there occurred significant change of implications for the application of fixation of mandible bone fracture and the leading method became mandible osteosynthesis with intraoral approach.