Fixation of mandibular osteotomies: Comparison of locking and nonlocking hardware

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-457

  Kim, Young ^a,b   Smith, Jesse ^a,c   Sercarz, Joel A ^a   Head, Christian ^a   Abemayor, Elliot ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Infection; Mandible; Nonunion; Osteotomy

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBLE OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOTOMY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TITANIUM;

EID: 34248368531     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20541     Document Type: Article

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