Midfacial fractures in children and adolescents: A review of 492 cases

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 501-505

  Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b,c   Marques, Marisa ^a,b   Pinho, Carlos ^a,b   Rodrigues, Jorge ^a,b   Reis, Jorge ^a,b   Amarante, José ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b Alameda Professor Hernani Monteiro   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Midfacial fractures; Motor vehicle accident; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; ECTROPION; ENOPHTHALMOS; EPIPHORA; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HARD PALATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAW FRACTURE; LAGOPHTHALMOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NOSE FRACTURE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PORTUGAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE;

EID: 8644255233     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-4356(04)00128-7     Document Type: Review

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