Facial reconstruction in the developing world: A complicated matter

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-296

  Huijing, Marijn A ^a   Marck, Klaas W ^b   Combes, James ^c   Mizen, Kelvin D ^d   Fourie, LeRoux ^e   Demisse, Yohannes ^f   Befikadu, Sissay ^f   McGurk, Mark ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Noma Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Methley Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College   (Ethiopia)

^g GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complication; Early outcome; Noma; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; AMELOBLASTOMA; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FACE DEFORMITY; FACE SURGERY; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MORBIDITY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ODONTOGENIC CYST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STOMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; NOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957810522     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.044     Document Type: Article

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