Application of the distraction technique to scaphocephaly

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 172-176

  Matsumoto, Kazuya ^a   Nakanishi, Hideki ^a   Seike, Takuya ^a   Shinno, Kiyoto ^b   Hirabayashi, Shinichi ^c  

^a TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial vault expansion; Distraction device; Sagittal synostosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOPLASTY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FRONTAL BONE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034122843     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200011020-00013     Document Type: Article

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