Experience with the transpalatal distractor in congenital deformities

Mund - Kiefer - und Gesichtschirurgie

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 331-334

  Koudstaal, Maarten J ^a   van der Wal, Karel G H ^a   Wolvius, Eppo B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Congenital; Deformity; Oro antralfistula; Transpalatal distractor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MAXILLA; MICROGNATHIA; ORTHODONTICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOOTH FISTULA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MICROGNATHISM; OROANTRAL FISTULA; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33748896960     PISSN: 14329417     EISSN: 14343940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10006-006-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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