Secondary lengthening of the reconstructed mandible using a gradual distraction technique - Two case reports

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 356-358

  Yonehara, Y ^a   Takato, T ^a   Harii, K ^a   Hirabayashi, S ^b   Susami, T ^a   Komori, T ^a   Matsumoto, S ^a   Hikiji, H ^a   Nakatsuka, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; DIET; FIBULA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031846219     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0224     Document Type: Article

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