The use of immediate bone grafting in reconstruction of clinically infected mandibular fractures: Bone grafts in the presence of pus

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 122-126

  Benson, Paul D ^a,b   Marshall, Melanie K ^c   Engelstad, Mark E ^d   Kushner, George M ^d   Alpert, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Carolinas Medical Center ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; PUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 29144432827     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.09.024     Document Type: Article

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