Prototype testing for a new bioabsorbable Le Fort III distraction device: A pilot study

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1517-1523

  Gateno, Jaime ^a   Seymour Dempsey, Kelly ^b   Teichgraeber, John F ^c   Lalani, Zahid ^d   Yanez, Rafael ^a   Xia, James J ^e,f  

^a Dent Br Univ Texas Hlth Sci C   (United States)

^b Univ Texas Hlth Sci Ctr H   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Surgery   (United States)

^d Houston TX Sugarland TX Univ T   (United States)

^e Div Pediat Surg Dept Surg M ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEPHALOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MATERIALS TESTING; MAXILLA; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; PILOT PROJECTS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 9644300898     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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