An intraoral anastomosing technique for microvascular bone flaps in alveolar ridge reconstruction. First clinical results

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 921-927

  Gaggl, A ^a   Burger H ^a   Virnik, S A ^a   Chiari, F M ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

alveolar ridge augmentation; femur; intraoral microvascular anastomosis; transmucosal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALVEOLAR RIDGE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BONE GRAFT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAORAL ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROVASCULAR BONE FLAP; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREMAXILLA; PREMAXILLA ATROPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ALVEOLAR RIDGE AUGMENTATION; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749113810     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.03.722     Document Type: Article

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