Lag screw fixation in midface fractures

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Pribitkin, Edmund A ^a   Cognetti, David M ^a   Marshall, Stephen N ^a   Bilyk, Jurij ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lag screw; Malar complex fracture; Midface fracture; Orbital fracture; Plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAG SCREW; LAG SCREW FIXATION; MALE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORBIT FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; ZYGOMA; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 28844462370     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922854     Document Type: Article

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