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Complications and Late Sequelae Following Craniofacial Reconstruction

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The early and late complications following treatment of severe craniofacial injuries cannot always be differentiated from those of the injury itself. Complications may develop with or without and despite or because of a surgical intervention (Sprick 1988; Schmidek and Sweet 1988).

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

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    Nicolas Hardt

  2. Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Peter Kessler

  3. Clinic of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

    Johannes Kuttenberger

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Hardt, N. (2019). Complications and Late Sequelae Following Craniofacial Reconstruction. In: Hardt, N., Kessler, P., Kuttenberger, J. (eds) Craniofacial Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77210-3_13

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