Monobloc distraction in an infant, using the rigid external distractor: Problems and solutions-A case report

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Witherow, Helen ^a   Dunaway, David ^a   Ponniah, Allan ^a   Hayward, Richard ^a,b  

^a Department of Craniofacial Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

craniofacial; distraction; frontofacial advancement

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RIGID EXTERNAL DISTRACTION; RIGID EXTERNAL DISTRACTOR; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; CRANIOTOMY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 38749116588     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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