Treating Bisphosphonate Osteonecrosis of the Jaws: Is There a Role for Resection and Vascularized Reconstruction?

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2374-2385

  Engroff, Stephen L ^a   Kim, Dongsoo David ^b  

^a State College   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEONECROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 35348904379     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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