Treatment of adult subcondylar mandibular fractures: Closed vs open vs endoscopic approach

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1228-1230

  Vural, Emre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SCAR FORMATION; SUBCONDYLAR MANDIBLE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5644258328     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.10.1228     Document Type: Article

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