A prospective trial of poly-L-lactic/polyglycolic acid co-polymer plates and screws for internal fixation of mandibular fractures

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-248

  Ferretti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

mandibular fracture; PLLA PGA

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; OSTEOGENESIS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 40249100266     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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