The tension wire method: A simple, effective means of mandibular fixation

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 448-452

  Wang, Robert C ^a,b   Keech, Daniel R ^a   Elkins, Tina P ^a   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0031956915     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.4.448     Document Type: Article

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