Posterior maxillary anatomy: Implications for Le Fort I osteotomy

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 346-351

  Cheung, Lim Kwong ^a,b   Fung, Siu Chung ^a   Li, Thomas ^a   Samman, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Le Fort; Maxilla; Osteotomy; Vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; ORAL BLEEDING; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPHENOID; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; ORAL HEMORRHAGE; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; PALATE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032186188     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0901-5027(98)80062-3     Document Type: Article

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