Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 1751-1757 , September 2007

Endoscopic Intraoral Plating of Orbital Floor Fractures

  • Oded Nahlieli, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Nahlieli: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel
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  • Eitan Bar-Droma, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
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  • Amy Zagury, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Attending Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
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  • Michael D. Turner, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, New York University College of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, New York, NY.
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  • Boris Yoffe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Chairman, Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
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  • Rachel Shacham, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Attending Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.
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  • Tal Bar, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon, Israel.

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PII: S0278-2391(07)00267-4

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.02.004

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 1751-1757 , September 2007

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