title: Does Titanium Affect an Athlete's Body? An Examination of 100 Facial Fracture Patients with Titanium Implants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and, Medical Check-up Centre, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and, Medical Check-up Centre, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Minako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and, Medical Check-up Centre, Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo. Japan.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kochi Health Sciences Centre, Kochi, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitsugi
mesh_terms: D056352:Athletes; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium