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International Journal of Surgery & Surgical Procedures Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJSSP-128, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/128
Case Study
Maxillofacial Fractures in Elderly Patients

Hiroaki Takakura1,2, Tsuyoshi Shimo1*, Norie Yoshioka1, Mayumi Yao1, Kyoichi Obata1, Soichiro Ibaragi1, Tatsuo Okui1, Yuki Kunisada1, Ayaka Morisawa1, Akane Shibata1, Shoko Yoshida1, Yurika Murase1, Koji Kishimoto1, Akiyoshi Nishiyama1, Hiroshi Mese2 and Akira Sasaki1

1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan
2Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Fukuyama City hospital, Hiroshima, 721-8511, Japan
Dr. Tsuyoshi Shimo, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8525, Japan, Tel: +81-86-235-6702, Fax: +81-86-235-6704; E-mail: shimotsu@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
06 September 2017; 28 November 2017; 30 November 2017
Takakura H, Shimo T, Yoshioka N, Yao M, Obata K, et al. (2017) Maxillofacial Fractures in Elderly Patients. Int J Surg Surgical Proced 2: 128. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/128

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