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External Cephalic Version: Is it an Effective and Safe Procedure?
Published on: June 6, 2020
Revisiting the Boyne procedure
Douglas Hammond1, Adnan Arafat2, Roger Bainton3
1ST5, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital North Staffordshire, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 7PX.
Background:
The technique involving the free grafting of the mandibular condyle with a vertical ramus osteotomy was described by Philip Boyne in 1987 along with a series of 15 cases where a patient presented with a markedly displaced fracture dislocation of the mandibular condyle.
Method:
Twenty-one cases (25 condylar fractures) were treated with a modified Boyne technique.
Results:
Results showed that we had a complication rate of 12% (8% resorption, 4% fracture of the plate).
Conclusion:
The Boyne procedure should be thought of as a mainstream treatment method for the displaced fractured mandibular condyle.
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