Biodegradable fixation of mandibular fractures in children: Stability and early results

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Yerit, Kaan C ^a   Hainich, Sibylle ^a   Enislidis, Georg ^a   Turhani, Dritan ^a   Klug, Clemens ^a   Wittwer, Gert ^a   Öckher, Michael ^a   Undt, Gerhard ^a   Kermer, Christian ^a   Watzinger, Franz ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; POLYMERS;

EID: 20444437138     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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