New innovations in craniomaxillofacial fixation: The 2.0 lock system

Keio Journal of Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-127

  Alpert, Brian ^a,c   Gutwald, Rolf ^b   Schmelzeisen, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Locking miniplates; Self drilling screws

Indexed keywords

BONE NECROSIS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FACE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; SKULL; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

EID: 0037593596     PISSN: 00229717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.52.120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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