Patient Benefit From Endoscopically Assisted Fixation of Condylar Neck Fractures-A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Schmelzeisen, Rainer ^a   Cienfuegos Monroy, Ricardo ^b   Schön, Ralf ^a   Chen, Chien Tzung ^c   Cunningham Jr , Larry ^d   Goldhahn, Sabine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hospital de Traumatologia y Ortopedia Lomas verdes   (Mexico)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e AO Clinical Investigation and Documentation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349141631     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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