Salvaged Le Fort II halo distraction for an unfavorable outcome of midfacial distraction using an internal device in syndromic craniosynostosis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1219-1224

  Mitsukawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Satoh, Kaneshige ^a   Hayashi, Takashi ^b   Uemura, Tetsuji ^b   Hosaka, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANTLEY BIXLER SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH FRACTURE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; INFANT; INSTRUMENTATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342558059     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000110213.13058.25     Document Type: Article

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