Appropriate diameter for screws to fix the maxilla following Le Fort I osteotomy: An investigation utilizing finite element analysis

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 227-233

  Nagasao, Tomohisa ^a   Miyamoto, Junpei ^a   Hikosaka, Makoto ^a   Nagasao, Maki ^b   Tokumaru, Yutaka ^b   Ogawa, Kaoru ^b   Nakajima, Tatsuo ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Le Fort I, maxilla, osteotomy, fixation, screw

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CALCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAXILLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLAR; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548654327     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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