Materials and Methods
PATIENTS
This study was performed in the department of oral
and craniomaxillofacial surgery at our hospital. The
registries of patients with traumatically comminuted
mandibular fractures receiving ORIF at our hospital
during the past 4 years (2011 through 2014) were
retrospectively reviewed. Informed consent to participate in this study was obtained from each patient,
and all patients who appear in the figures gave full
permission for their images to be used in this publication. The study protocol followed the guidelines of the
Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the
Ethics Committee of Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital,
Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. All of
the experiments described in this article were performed in accordance with the guidelines and regulations issued by the Ethics Committee of Shanghai
Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University
School of Medicine. The medical charts or records of
the enrolled patients were retrieved and subjected to
further review to obtain information regarding patient
demographic data and clinical features.