The fate of plates and screws after facial fracture reconstruction

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 568-573

  Francei, Thomas J ^a   Birely, Brent C ^a   Ringelman, Paul R ^a   Manson, Paul N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE INFECTION; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACE FRACTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; METAL IMPLANTATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0026668801     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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