Transoral 2.0-mm locking miniplate fixation of mandibular fractures plus 1 week of maxillomandibular fixation: A prospective study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1737-1741

  Chritah, Ayman ^a   Lazow, Stewart K ^a   Berger, Julius R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TOOTH INJURY; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27744579513     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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