The use of microplates for internal fixation of mandibular fractures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1485-1492

  Burm, Jin Sik ^a   Hansen, Juliana E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 77951868826     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181d51244     Document Type: Article

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