Transoral versus extraoral reduction of mandible fractures: A comparison of complication rates and other factors

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-219

  Toma, Vincent Sabah ^a,b   Mathog, Robert H ^a   Toma, Roger S ^a   Meleca, Robert J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UHC 5E ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037294226     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.59     Document Type: Article

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