Craniofacial skeletal fixation using biodegradable plates and cyanoacrylate glue

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1508-1517

  Ahn, Duck Kyoon ^a   Sims, C Derek ^a   Randolph, Mark A ^a   O'Connor, Daniel ^a   Butler, Peter E M ^a   Amarante, Marco T J ^a   Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENBUCRILATE; GLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

EID: 0343581266     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199705010-00005     Document Type: Article

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