Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 515-521 , March 2009

Intraoperative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Using a C-Arm Prototype: First Clinical Experiences After Treatment of Zygomaticomaxillary Complex Fractures

  • Philipp Pohlenz, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Pohlenz: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nordwestdeutsche Kieferklinik, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
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  • Felix Blake, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Marco Blessmann, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Ralf Smeets, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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  • Christian Habermann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Philipp Begemann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Rainer Schmelzle, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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  • Max Heiland, MD, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

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 M.H. received grant support from Siemens Medical Solutions (Erlangen, Germany).

PII: S0278-2391(08)01193-2

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.06.086

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 3 , Pages 515-521 , March 2009

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