Application of the spanning plate concept to frontal orbital advancement: Techniques and clinical experience in 60 patients

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-245

  Burstein, Fernando ^c   Eppley, Barry ^a   Hudgins, Roger ^b   Williams, Joseph ^c   Boydston, William ^b   Reisner, Andrew ^b   Stevenson, Kevin ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Frontal orbital advancement; Resorbable plates; Synostosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL ORBITAL ADVANCEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BONE PLATES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORBIT;

EID: 33748254098     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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