Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 368-373 , July 2010

Bifocal transport osteogenesis for the reconstruction of adult calvarial defects: A new surgical technique

  • Gui-Youn Cho-Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Francisco J. Díaz-González -MD, DMD, PhD), University Hospital La Princesa-Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationGui-Youn CHO-LEE, MD, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, C/Grañón, 8. 1°-3, 28050 - Madrid, Spain. Tel.: +34 679627884; Fax: +34 915420184.
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  • Luis Naval-Gías, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Francisco J. Díaz-González -MD, DMD, PhD), University Hospital La Princesa-Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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  • Raúl González-García, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Infanta Cristina, Avenida de Elbas s/n, 06008 Badajoz, Spain
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  • Pedro Luis Martos-Díaz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, Carretera del Rosario, 145, 38009 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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  • Mario Fernando Muñoz-Guerra, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Francisco J. Díaz-González -MD, DMD, PhD), University Hospital La Princesa-Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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  • Jesús Sastre-Pérez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Francisco J. Díaz-González -MD, DMD, PhD), University Hospital La Princesa-Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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  • Francisco José Rodríguez-Campo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Francisco J. Díaz-González -MD, DMD, PhD), University Hospital La Princesa-Madrid, c/Diego de León 62, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Received 14 December 2008 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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PII: S1010-5182(09)00172-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.10.008

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 368-373 , July 2010

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