Dislocation of the mandibular condyle into the middle cranial fossa: Report of a case with 5 year CT follow-up

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-218

  van der Linden, Wynand J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Carstenhof Clinic   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; Dislocation; Follow up; Mandibular condyle; Middle cranial fossa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; MOLAR TOOTH; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR ANKYLOSIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0037987906     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/ijom.2002.0319     Document Type: Article

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