Changing Patterns of Hospital Length of Stay After Orthognathic Surgery

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-497

  Huamán, Evelyn T ^a   Juvet, Lawrence M ^a   Nastri, Alf ^a   Denman, William T ^a   Kaban, Leonard B ^b   Dodson, Thomas B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JAW; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38949156236     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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