Open Reduction and Rigid Internal Fixation of Mandibular Condylar Fractures by an Intraoral Approach: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of 15 Patients

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1771-1779

  Jensen, Thomas ^a   Jensen, John ^a   Nørholt, Sven Erik ^a   Dahl, Martin ^a   Lenk Hansen, Lone ^a   Svensson, Peter ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MASTICATION; NERVE FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN THRESHOLD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BITE FORCE; BONE PLATES; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751088272     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.12.069     Document Type: Article

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