Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 306-313 , June 2010

What happens between pure hydraulic and buckling mechanisms of blowout fractures?

  • Tomohisa Nagasao, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University (Head: Tatsuo Nakajima, MD), Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationTomohisa NAGASAO, MD, PhD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ward Shinanomachi 35 Tokyo, Japan. Tel: +81 3 5363 3814; Fax: +81 3 3352 1054
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  • Junpei Miyamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University (Head: Tatsuo Nakajima, MD), Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yusuke Shimizu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University (Head: Tatsuo Nakajima, MD), Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hua Jiang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, ChangZheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University (Head: Hua Jiang), Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Tatsuo Nakajima, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University (Head: Tatsuo Nakajima, MD), Tokyo, Japan

Received 20 November 2008 ,Accepted 2 September 2009.

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PII: S1010-5182(09)00159-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.09.001

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 306-313 , June 2010

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