Removal of reconstruction plates after treatment of mandibular fractures

J Craniofac Surg. 2013;24(5):1864-5. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a305af.

Authors

Auremir Rocha Melo¹, Taciana Cavalcanti de Abreu, Thiago de Santana Santos, Marcelo Fernando do Amaral, Edwaldo Dourado, Carlos Augusto Pereira do Lago

Affiliation

¹ Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program, Pernambuco School of Dentistry (Faculdade de Odontologia de Pernambuco) Pernambuco, Brazil auremir@globo.com; thiago.ctbmf@yahoo.com.br Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program, Ribeirão Preto School of Dentistry (Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto) São Paulo, Brazil Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Program Pernambuco School of Dentistry (FOP/UPE) Pernambuco, Brazil.

PMID: 24036807
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182a305af

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bone Plates*
Device Removal*
Fracture Fixation, Internal / instrumentation*
Humans
Male
Mandibular Fractures / surgery*
Risk Factors
Time Factors