Reduction of diacapitular fractures of the mandibular condyle using a special repositioning pin

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 558-559

  Schneider, Matthias ^a   Loukota, Richard ^b   Eckelt, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Condylar fracture; Diacapitular fracture; Intraarticular fracture; Reposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE NAILS; DISLOCATIONS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES;

EID: 69949102973     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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