Palatal fractures: Classification, patterns, and treatment with rigid internal fixation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-332

  Hendrickson, Mark ^b   Clark, Norman ^b   Manson, Paul N ^a   Yaremchuk, Michael ^b   Robertson, Brad ^b   Slezak, Sheri ^b   Crawley, William ^b   Vander Kolk, Craig ^b  

^a R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PALATE MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALVEOLAR PROCESS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FRACTURES; MALE; PALATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031908711     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199802000-00009     Document Type: Article

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