Fractures of the condylar process: Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 392-397

  Santler, Gert ^a,b   Kärcher, Hans ^a   Ruda, Christof ^a   Köle, Ernst ^a  

^a University Clinic of Neurology   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MYALGIA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCAR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032941843     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(99)90276-8     Document Type: Article

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