The Le Fort III osteotomy: To distract or not to distract?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1091-1103

  Fearon, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a Medical City Dallas Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROUZON SYNDROME; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035871608     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200104150-00001     Document Type: Article

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