Life-threatening, delayed hemorrhage after Le Fort I osteotomy requiring surgical intervention: Report of two cases

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-93

  Tiner, B D ^a   Van Sickels, Joseph E ^a,b   Schmitz, John P ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; EPISTAXIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

EID: 0031024190     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(97)90456-0     Document Type: Article

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