British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 445-448 , September 2008

Reconstruction of curved mandibular angle defects using a new internal transport distraction device: an experiment in goats

  • Li-bin Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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  • Hong-tao Shang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Man Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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  • Di-chen Li

      Affiliations

    • State Key Lab for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, 710049, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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  • Sekou Sigare

      Affiliations

    • State Key Lab for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, 710049, Shaanxi, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Ben-lan Chen

      Affiliations

    • State Key Lab for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University Xi’an, 710049, Shaanxi, P. R. China
    • ,
  • Yan-pu Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, P. R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +86 29 8477 2531.
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  • Jin-long Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, Shaanxi, P. R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Tel.: +86 29 8477 2531.

,Accepted 7 January 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00011-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.01.006

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 445-448 , September 2008

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