Spring-assisted correction of hypotelorism in metopic synostosis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 977-984

  Maltese, Giovanni ^a   Tarnow, Peter ^b   Lauritzen, Claes G ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTELORISM; INFANT; MALE; METOPIC SYNOSTOSIS; ORBIT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WIRE FIXATION;

CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORBIT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33847192857     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000252276.46113.ee     Document Type: Article

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