Anatomy of greater palatine foramen and canal and pterygopalatine fossa in Thais: Considerations for maxillary nerve block

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 511-516

  Methathrathip, D ^a   Apinhasmit, W ^a   Chompoopong, S ^b   Lertsirithong, A ^b   Ariyawatkul, T ^b   Sangvichien, S ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Greater palatine canal; Greater palatine foramen; Maxillary nerve block; Pterygopalatine fossa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INJECTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; MUCOSA; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; ORBIT; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THAILAND; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLES; NERVE BLOCK; ORBIT; PALATE; PALATE, HARD; SPHENOID BONE; THAILAND;

EID: 30344458796     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-005-0016-5     Document Type: Article

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