Fixation of a frontozygomatic fracture with a shape-memory staple.
A simple method using a staple was successfully used to treat a 74-year-old lady with a fractured frontozygomatic suture.
Laster
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Poriya Hospital, Tiberias, Israel.
MacBean
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Ayliffe
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Newlands
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D000368:Aged; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013537:Sutures; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*