Resorbable bone distraction: Current status and future directions

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 407-414

  Burstein, Fernando D ^a,b   Williams, J Kerwin ^a,b  

^a Center for Craniofacial Disorders   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; BONE GROWTH; BONE SCREW; CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY; CROUZON SYNDROME; DEVICE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFECTION; MATERIALS; METAL IMPLANTATION; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEITIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; SKULL;

EID: 3042601403     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2004.03.004     Document Type: Review

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