Superior Border Plating Technique in the Management of Isolated Mandibular Angle Fractures: A Retrospective Study of 50 Consecutive Patients

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1544-1549

  Barry, Conor P ^a   Kearns, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; IRELAND; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBULAR ANGLE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE SUPERIOR BORDER MINIPLATING TECHNIQUE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MANDIBULAR NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447562688     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.10.069     Document Type: Article

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