Clinical Experiences With Resorbable Ultrasonic-Guided, Angle-Stable Osteosynthesis in the Panfacial Region

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1211-1217

  Reichwein, Astrid ^a   Schicho, Kurt ^a   Moser, Doris ^a   Seemann, Rudolf ^a   Poeschl, Paul ^a   Baumann, Arnulf ^a   Ewers, Rolf ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PLATE; CHILD; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FACE FRACTURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRONTAL BONE IMPRESSION FRACTURE; FRONTAL SINUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA; MUCOCELE; ORBIT FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZYGOMA;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL BONES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MAXILLARY FRACTURES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL FRACTURES; OSSEOINTEGRATION; POLYESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 65549097599     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.12.033     Document Type: Article

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