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Post-operative avascular necrosis of the maxilla: a rare complication following orthognathic surgery

We present a patient with sickle cell trait who suffered avascular necrosis of the maxilla as a complication of maxillary osteotomy. Understanding the blood supply of the maxilla and how possible patient related, anaesthetic and operative factors affect it, is important in understanding how the vasc...

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Autores principales: Teemul, Trevor A., Perfettini, Jean, Morris, David O., Russell, John L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28122898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw240