A potential complication with an extraoral distractor for mandible lengthening: Facial nerve paralysis [23]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 698-699

  Civelek, Birol ^a,b   Karamursel, Sebat ^a   Ozdil, Kubilay ^a   Celebioglu, Selim ^a  

^a ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIFACIAL MICROSOMIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LETTER; MALE; MANDIBLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CHILD; FACE ASYMMETRY;

CHILD; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION;

EID: 33644850944     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000197893.88031.f4     Document Type: Letter

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