Repairing Angle of the Mandible Fractures With a Strut Plate

and 14% for the non–strut plate group (3 patients), with no significant differences in rates of infection (3 [4%] vs 2[9%]),dehiscence(4[6%]vs2[9%]),malunion(1[1%] vs2[9%]),nonunion(3[4%]vs0),hardwarefailure(1[1%] vs1[5%]),malocclusion(2[3%]vs2[9%]),andinjuryto the inferior alveolar nerve (1 [1%] vs 1 [5%]). The most common postoperative complaints were pain (13 [19%] vs 6 [27%]), followed by numbness (5 [7%] vs 2 [9%]), trismus (4 [6%] vs 3 [14%]), edema (3 [4%] vs 3 [14%]), andbitedeformity(2[3%]vs2[9%]),withamean(range) follow-uptimeof54.7(2-355)daysforthestrutplategroup vs 46.8 (8-308) days for the non–strut plate group. Conclusions and Relevance:The 3-dimensional curved strutplateisaneffectivetreatmentmodalityforanglefractures, with comparable infection rates, low incidence of alveolar nerve injury, and trends for decreased length of operation, complications, and infections compared with other techniques.