Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 1926-1934 , October 2007

Secondary Post-Traumatic Enophthalmos: High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compared With Multislice Computed Tomography in Postoperative Orbital Volume Measurement

  • Andreas Kolk, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kolk: Department of Oral and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Technology of Munich, Ismaninger Str 22, D-81675 Munich, Germany
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  • Christoph Pautke, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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  • Verena Schott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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  • Ester Ventrella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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  • Edzard Wiener, MD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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  • Oliver Ploder, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch, Austria.
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  • Hans Henning Horch, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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  • Andreas Neff, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Technology of Munich, Munich, Germany.

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PII: S0278-2391(06)01202-X

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.06.269

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 1926-1934 , October 2007

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