Temporomandibular joint reconstruction after failed teflon-proplast implant: case report and literature review

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 763-767

  Abramowicz, S ^a   Dolwick, M F ^a   Lewis, S B ^b   Dolce, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; PROPLAST;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GIANT CELL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALOCCLUSION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLITEF IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCAR; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR ANKYLOSIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROPLAST; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149111174     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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