Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, Table of Contents CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49(01): 59-65DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.182254 Original Article Association of Plastic Surgeons of India Preauricular transmasseteric anteroparotid approach for extracorporeal fixation of mandibular condyle fractures Rajasekhar Gali Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India , Sathya Kumar Devireddy Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India , Kishore Kumar Rayadurgam Venkata Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India , Sridhar Reddy Kanubaddy Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India , Chaithanyaa Nemaly Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India , Mallikarjuna Dasari Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Full Text PDF Download KEY WORDS KEY WORDSAccess - approach - condylar fracture - extracorporeal fixation References REFERENCES 1 Ellis 3rd E, Moos KF, el-Attar A. Ten years of mandibular fractures: An analysis of 2,137 cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1985; 59: 120-9 2 Gupta MV, Sahoo CN. Extracorporeal fixation of displaced mandibular condylar fracture: Viable option. Med J Armed Forces India 2009; 65: 229-31 3 Boyne PJ. Free grafting of traumatically displaced or resected mandibular condyles. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1989; 47: 228-32 4 Ellis 3rd E, Reynolds ST, Park HS. A method to rigidly fix high condylar fractures. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1989; 68: 369-74 5 Mikkonen P, Lindqvist C, Pihakari A, Iizuka T, Paukku P. Osteotomy-osteosynthesis in displaced condylar fractures. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1989; 18: 267-70 6 Nam IW. The condylar head and upper condylar neck fractures treated by Nam's method (III). J Korean Acad Oral Surg 1981; 7: 81-90 7 Park SY, Im JH, Yoon SH, Lee DK. A follow-up study on extracorporeal fixation of condylar fractures using vertical ramus osteotomy. J Korean Assoc Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014; 40: 76-82 8 Choi BH, Yoo JH. Open reduction of condylar neck fractures with exposure of the facial nerve. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 1999; 88: 292-6 9 Özkan HS, Sahin B, Görgü M, Melikoglu C. Results of transmasseteric anteroparotid approach for mandibular condylar fractures. J Craniofac Surg 2010; 21: 1882-3 10 Kempers KG, Quinn PD, Silverstein K. Surgical approaches to mandibular condylar fractures: A review. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma 1999; 5: 25-30 11 Bernstein L, Nelson RH. Surgical anatomy of the extra parotid distribution of the facial nerve. Arch Otolaryngol 1984; 110: 177-83 12 Wilson AW, Ethunandan M, Brennan PA. Transmasseteric antero-parotid approach for open reduction and internal fixation of condylar fractures. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005; 43: 57-60 13 Trost O, Abu El-Naaj I, Trouilloud P, Danino A, Malka G. High cervical transmasseteric anteroparotid approach for open reduction and internal fixation of condylar fracture. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2008; 66: 201-4 14 Trost O, Trouilloud P, Malka G. Open reduction and internal fixation of low subcondylar fractures of mandible through high cervical transmasseteric anteroparotid approach. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2009; 67: 2446-51 15 Lutz JC, Clavert P, Wolfram-Gabel R, Wilk A, Kahn JL. Is the high submandibular transmasseteric approach to the mandibular condyle safe for the inferior buccal branch?. Surg Radiol Anat 2010; 32: 963-9 16 Hammond D, Arafat A, Bainton R. Revisiting the Boyne procedure. Med J Armed Forces India 2012; 68: 39-41 17 Christian K. Biomechanics and Osteosynthesis of Condylar Neck Fractures of the Mandible. 1st ed.. Illinois, USA: Quintessence Publishing Co; 1994: p. 68-70