An evaluation of the Wurzburg titanium miniplate osteosynthesis system for mandibular fixation

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-32

  Malata, C M ^a,b   McLean, N R ^a   Alvi, R ^a   McKiernan, M V ^a   Milner, R H ^a   Piggot, T A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TECHNIQUE; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TITANIUM;

EID: 0030614612     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(97)91279-0     Document Type: Article

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