Improvement of vision after a combined midfacial and maxillary distraction with a rigid external distraction Device

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 259-263

  Tañag, Marvin A ^a,b   Takagi, Satoshi ^a   Takashima, Mariko ^a   Nakai, Kunihiro ^a   Sakai, Yasuo ^a   Yano, Kenji ^a   Takada, Kenji ^a   Hosokawa, Ko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apert syndrome; Rigid external distraction device; Segmental distraction; Visual improvement post distraction

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; PLASTIC SURGERY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 35648990105     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310600759558     Document Type: Article

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