Comparison of the severity of bilateral Le Fort injuries in isolated midface trauma

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1123-1129

  Bagheri, Shahrokh C ^a,b,g   Holmgren, Eric ^c   Kademani, Deepak ^d,e   Hommer, Louis ^f   Bell, R Bryan ^a,c   Potter, Bryce E ^a,c   Dierks, Eric J ^a,c  

^a LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Legacy Emanuel Hospital   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Legacy Emanuel Hospital   (United States)

^g ATLANTA ORAL AND FACIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; OPERATING ROOM; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; GENDER; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LE FORT CLASSIFICATION; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MIDFACE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ETHANOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 22844443002     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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