Fixation of mandibular fractures with biodegradable plates and screws

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 294-300

  Yerit, Kaan C ^a   Enislidis, Georg ^a   Schopper, Christian ^a   Turhani, Dritan ^a   Wanschitz, Felix ^a   Wagner, Arne ^a   Watzinger, Franz ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS;

EID: 0036716091     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.122833     Document Type: Article

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