Frontobasal fractures: Anatomical classification and clinical significance

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2096-2106

  Manson, Paul N ^a   Stanwix, Matthew G ^a   Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a   Nam, Arthur J ^a   Hui Chou, Helen ^a   Rodriguez, Eduardo D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRONTAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL BASE; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049120829     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181bf8394     Document Type: Article

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