INION® compared with titanium osteosynthesis: a prospective investigation of the treatment of mandibular fractures

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Leonhardt, H ^a   Demmrich, A ^a   Mueller, A ^a   Mai, R ^a   Loukota, R ^b   Eckelt, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inion; Mandibular Fracture; Resorbable Osteosynthesis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYTRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; DIOXANES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; TITANIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55249096242     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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