Craniomaxillofacial Injuries in the United Arab Emirates: A Retrospective Study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1094-1101

  Al Khateeb, Taiseer ^a   Abdullah, Farzad Mohammad ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAW FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKULL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 34248598005     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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