Results of treatment of fractures of the atrophic edentulous mandible by compression plating: A retrospective evaluation of 84 consecutive cases

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 250-254

  Luhr, Hans Georg ^a,b   Reidick, Thomas ^a   Merten, Hans Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029863826     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(96)90733-8     Document Type: Article

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