Resorbable Plates for the Fixation of Mandibular Fractures: A Prospective Study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Laughlin, Robert M ^a   Block, Michael S ^a   Wilk, Randall ^b   Malloy, Randolph B ^a   Kent, John N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b New Orleans Charity Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID; COPOLYMER; CYCLOPROPANE; POLYGLACTIN; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DIOXANES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845509678     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.10.055     Document Type: Article

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