A simple fixation device to preserve anatomic position during reconstruction of mandibular defects

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 448-451

  Steinberg, Mark J ^a,b   Collins, Sharon L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; MANDIBLE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0031881969     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199803000-00026     Document Type: Article

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