Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2085-2091 , September 2010

Use of Coblation in Arthroscopic Surgery of the Temporomandibular Joint

  • Min Jie Chen, DDS, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, and School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  • Chi Yang, DDS, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, and School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Yang: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 639 Zhizaoju Rd, Shanghai, 200011, People's Republic of China
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  • Shan Yong Zhang, DDS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Attending Doctor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, and School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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  • Xie Yi Cai, DDS, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, and School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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 This study is supported by a grant from the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Fund (Y0203), the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (080Z2271100).

PII: S0278-2391(09)01232-4

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.04.130

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2085-2091 , September 2010

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