Unusual case of a conservatively treated pathological fracture after sequestrectomy in a patient with long-term oral bisphosphonate use

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-72

  Kuijpers, Sophie C C ^a   Van Roessel, Erik W ^b   Van Merkesteyn, J P Richard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Bisphosphonates; Mandible; Osteomyelitis; Osteonecrosis; Pathological fracture; Polymyalgia rheumatica

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CALLUS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DENTURE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MANDIBLE; OSSIFICATION; PAIN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SEQUESTROTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWELLING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ALENDRONATE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; ORAL FISTULA; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEONECROSIS; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 78650678487     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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