A 162-case review of palatal fracture: Management strategy from a 10-year experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2065-2073

  Chen, Chih Hao ^a   Wang, Theresa Y ^a   Tsay, Pei Kwei ^a   Lai, Jui Bin ^a   Chen, Chien Tzung ^a   Liao, Han Tsung ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Chen, Yu Ray ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA FRACTURE; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH INFECTION; ORTHODONTICS; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALATAL FRACTURE; PALATE DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLINTING; TISSUE FLAP; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WIRE FIXATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HARD PALATE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; JAW FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE WIRES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAW FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, HARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049113294     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181706edc     Document Type: Article

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