An arteriovenous fistula of the maxillary artery as a complication of Le Fort I osteotomy

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 251-254

  Goffinet, Laetitia ^a   Laure, Boris ^a   Tayeb, Talel ^a   Amado, Defne ^b   Herbreteau, Denis ^a   Arbeille, Philippe ^a   Goga, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arteriovenous fistula; complication; embolisation; facial venous malformation; Le Fort I osteotomy; open bite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; MAXILLARY ARTERY; NEURORADIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FACE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN BITE; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN BITE; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 77951974398     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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