Fractures of the mandible: A technical perspective

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Ellis III, Edward ^a   Miles, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

BONE SCREWS; DENTAL OCCLUSION, BALANCED; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 37849013298     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000260721.74357.e7     Document Type: Review

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