British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 448-452 , September 2010

Veterinary and radiological evaluations of open and closed treatment of type B diacapitular (intracapsular) fractures of the mandibular condyle in sheep

  • FanWen Meng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
    • Department of Stomatology, the 359th Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Zhenjiang 212001, China
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  • KaiJin Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
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  • Liang Kong

      Affiliations

    • School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
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  • YanTao Zhao

      Affiliations

    • School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
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  • YanPu Liu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 29 84772531.
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China
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  • ShuXia Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an 710032, China

,Accepted 2 August 2009.

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PII: S0266-4356(09)00490-2

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.002

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 6 , Pages 448-452 , September 2010

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