The position of the inferior alveolar nerve at the mandibular angle: An anatomic consideration for aesthetic mandibular angle reduction

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-55

  Lo, Lun Jou ^a,b   Wong, Fen Hwa ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042798885     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000112282.94585.44     Document Type: Article

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