Bioabsorbable plates and screws: Current state of the art in facial fracture repair

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-27

  Suuronen, R ^a   Kallela, I ^a   Lindqvist, C ^a  

^a Dept of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgergy ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACE FRACTURE; FISTULA; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNATHIA; REVIEW; SAFETY; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FACIAL BONES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; OSTEOTOMY; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033895250     PISSN: 10743219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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