Volume : VIII, Issue : X, October - 2019

NEW SCALE FOR ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES: RADIOGRAPHIC UNION SCALE FOR MANDIBLE (RUSM)

Vikas Kunwar Singh, Ashish Chalana, Ruchika Tiwari, Rinki Aggarwal, Jay Kansara, Vandita Chaurasia

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Objective: The aim of this study was to radiographically assess the mandibular fractures and propose a new scale for the assessment of mandibular fractures and to give a radiographic union scale for mandible (RUSM). Methodology: This is a review of 60 patients who reported in trauma centre of Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jaipur for evaluation and management of mandibular fractures from June 2017 to August 2019. A cross sectional review of all the patients was adopted for assessment of fracture healing in accordance with two orthogonal radiographs (orthopantomogram and occlusal radiograph) in proposed assessment scale 3 months post–surgery. Results: According to inference from the RUSM scale assessment of 60 patients, 5 patients were in category 1 – non–union, 8 patients were in the category 2 – not healed and 47 patients were in the category 3 – healed fracture post 3 month follow up. Conclusion: RUSM’s simple, systematic, and continuous gauge of the healing of mandibular fractures treated has been shown to result in excellent inter–observer agreement. Consequently, its use may standardize the monitoring of the treatment effect in routine practice and the outcome assessment in clinical trials.

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NEW SCALE FOR ASSESSMENT OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES: RADIOGRAPHIC UNION SCALE FOR MANDIBLE (RUSM), Vikas Kunwar Singh, Ashish Chalana, Ruchika Tiwari, Rinki Aggarwal, Jay Kansara, Vandita Chaurasia INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-10 | October-2019

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