An evaluation of the clinical application of three different biodegradable osteosynthesis materials for the fixation of zygomatic fractures

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

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 656-660

  Wittwer, Gert ^a   Adeyemo, Wasiu Lanre ^a   Voracek, Martin ^b   Turhani, Dritan ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a   Watzinger, Franz ^a   Enislidis, Georg ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; POLY (LACTIC CO GLYCOLIC ACID); POLY (LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID); POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYMER; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 27944453067     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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