British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 370-373 , July 2009

Prospective study of morbidity associated with open reduction and internal fixation of the fractured condyle by the transparotid approach

,Accepted 15 November 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00571-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.11.002

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 370-373 , July 2009

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