Self-reinforced biodegradable plates and screws for fixation of zygomatic fractures

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-102

  Enislidis, Georg ^a,b   Yerit, Kaan ^a   Wittwer, Gerd ^a   Köhnke, Robert ^a   Schragl, Stefan ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Fracture; Zygoma

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 15944376886     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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