Clinical experience with osteosynthesis of subcondylar fractures of the mandible using TCP® plates

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 260-268

  Meyer, Christophe ^a   Zink, Simone ^b   Chatelain, Brice ^a   Wilk, Astrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

condyle; fracture; maxillofacial surgery; osteosynthesis; plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 44449166479     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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