Mandibular fractures in British military personnel secondary to blast trauma sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 607-611

  Breeze, J ^a   Gibbons, A J ^b   Hunt, N C ^c   Monaghan, A M ^a   Gibb, I ^d   Hepper, A ^e   Midwinter, M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Peterborough Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Defence Imaging   (United Kingdom)

^e DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast; Fracture; Mandible; Oral and maxillofacial trauma

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLAST INJURY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERMAXILLARY FIXATION; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OPEN REDUCTION; OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEATBELT; SOLDIER;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOUTH PROTECTORS; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 82355171387     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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