Open reduction and internal fixation of condylar fractures via an extended bicoronal approach with a masseteric myotomy

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 78-84

  Dunaway, D J ^a,b   Trott, J A ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOTOMY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; SCAR; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029865682     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(96)90077-6     Document Type: Article

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