Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 7 , Pages 1399-1403 , July 2008

Factors for Intraoperative Blood Loss in Bimaxillary Osteotomies

  • Winfried Kretschmer, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kretschmer: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marienhospital, Boeheimstraße 37, 70199 Stuttgart, Germany
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  • Ulrich Köster, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
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  • Klaus Dietz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Institute of Biometry, University of Tuebingen, Germany.
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  • Werner Zoder, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany.
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  • Konrad Wangerin, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Marienhospital, Stuttgart, Germany.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.01.060

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 7 , Pages 1399-1403 , July 2008

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