Férula de acrílico y alambres circunmandibulares para el tratamiento de una fractura de mandíbula

this is the case of a girl fell from some meters height and had a fracture of left femur and in the left side of mandibular body. as treatment we used an acrylic and circummandibular wires to reduce the mandible fracture; the femur's fracture was reduced by open method using plates and screws. a few weeks later splint was removed. a clinical and radiographic follow-up was made over three months, confirming an excellent course, bone consolidation and occlusion. results showed the usefulness of this method of fracture's fixation mainly because it is not much aggressive for children avoiding in this way many complications.