Mandibular lengthening with an implanted motor-driven device: Preliminary study in sheep

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-276

  Ploder, O ^a,b   Mayr, W ^a,b   Schnetz, G ^a,b   Unger, E ^a,b   Ewers, R ^a,b   Plenk Jr , H ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HEALING; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE OSTEOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; SHEEP; TIME;

EID: 0032767829     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0115     Document Type: Article

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