Treatment of mandibular angle fractures with a malleable noncompression miniplate

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-292

  Potter, Jason ^a,b   Ellis III, Edward ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0033051024     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2391(99)90674-2     Document Type: Article

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