Maxillofacial fractures in Southern Bulgaria - A retrospective study of 1706 cases

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-150

  BAKARDJIEV, Angel ^a   PECHALOVA, Petia ^b  

^a Faculty of Dental Medicine   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

maxillofacial trauma, aetiology, operative treatment, conservative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANKYLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BITE; BULGARIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GENDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; MORTALITY; NOSE FRACTURE; OCCLUSION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BULGARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; SKULL FRACTURES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34447101404     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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