Determining the anatomy of the descending palatine artery and pterygoid plates with computed tomography in Class III patients

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Ueki, Koichiro ^a   Hashiba, Yukari ^a   Marukawa, Kohei ^a   Nakagawa, Kiyomasa ^a   Okabe, Katsuhiko ^a   Yamamoto, Etsuhide ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

computed tomography (CT); descending palatine artery; Le Fort I osteotomy; pterygoid plate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING PALATINE ARTERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBULAR ASYMMETRY; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; MAXILLARY RETROGNATHISM; PROGNATHIA; PTERYGOID PLATE; SPHENOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIES; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; OSTEOTOMY; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; PALATE; PROGNATHISM; SEX FACTORS; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350566701     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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