Gillies elevation and percutaneous kirschner wire fixation in the treatment of simple zygoma fractures: Long-term quantitative outcomes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 948-955

  Bezuhly, Michael ^b   Lalonde, Janice ^b   Alqahtani, Moraya ^b   Sparkes, Gerald ^b   Lalonde, Donald H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ADULT; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 40549127862     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299283.25428.0f     Document Type: Article

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