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The incidence of hardware\u2010related complications and mandibular nonunion was compared in patients receiving either locking hardware or nonlocking hardware.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>The incidence of osteotomy\u2010related complications in patients with an inferior border nonlocking mandibular fracture plate was 21%. In the patients with locking hardware or an inferior border nonlocking mandibular fracture plate combined with a tension band, there were no hardware\u2010related complications and no mandibular nonunions. This difference was statistically significant (\u03c7<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 6.01, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &lt; .05).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions.<\/jats:title><jats:p>Locking mandibular reconstruction plates are associated with fewer complications than inferior border nonlocking mandibular fracture plates for rigid fixation of mandibular osteotomies in patients undergoing resection of head and neck cancer. \u00a9 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 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