Herbert Screw vs Lag Screw Fixation in Anterior Mandibular Fracture Treatment

Hams Hamed Abdelrahman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mandibular Fractures

Treatments: Other: Herbert screw; Other: Lag screw

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04719325

herbert screw

Details and patient eligibility

About

14 patients having recent anterior mandibular fracture divided into two groups. Group A has 6 patients and treated using Herbert bone screw, and group B has 6 patients and treated using lag screw.

Clinical follow-up was conducted after 24-hours, one, four, six, and twelve weeks. In addition, a radiographic investigation was performed after twelve weeks to estimate the mean bone density across the fracture line.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Patients suffering from recent, uninfected anterior mandibular fracture.
• Adult patients from 20-60 years old with no gender predilection agreed to present for follow-up visits for a minimum postoperative period of 3 months.
• Fracture that demands open reduction and internal fixation.

Exclusion criteria

• Medically compromised patients contradicting operations.
• Existence of infection at the fracture line.
• Pathological fracture.
• An old fracture.
• Completely edentulous patient

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Herbert screw

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Herbert screw

Lag screw

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Lag screw