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Classification of Craniofacial Fractures

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Fractures of the craniofacial skeleton comprise variable fractures of the anterior skull base, the frontoglabellar region, the orbit, and the maxillary complex.

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  1. Clinic of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland

    Nicolas Hardt M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D.

  2. Clinic of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands

    Peter Kessler M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D.

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Hardt, N., Kessler, P. (2019). Classification of Craniofacial Fractures. In: Hardt, N., Kessler, P., Kuttenberger, J. (eds) Craniofacial Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77210-3_5

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