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Osteomyelitis of the Jaws

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This last chapter of the textbook encompasses a variety of osteomyelitis cases, covering the full scope this disease. Typical case reports as well as cases with a complex course of osteomyelitis (acute, secondary, and primary chronic) are described and illustrated. Furthermore, the final section of this chapter is dedicated to atypical (borderline) cases of primary chronic osteomyelitis.

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  1. Center for Jaw Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery, Pionierpark, Zürcherstrasse 7, 8400, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Marc Baltensperger & Richard Lebeda

  2. Clinic of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Zurich Medical Center, Rämisstrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Gerold Eyrich & Klaus Grätz

  3. Maxillofacial, Facial Plastic,, Head and Neck Surgery, Oberdorfstrasse 41, 8853, Lachen, Switzerland

    Gerold Eyrich

  4. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lucerne General Hospital, Spitalstrasse, 6000, Lucerne 16, Switzerland

    Nicolas Hardt

  5. Archstrasse 12, 8400, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Michael Kaufmann

  6. Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University Zurich Medical Center, Rämistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Joachim Obwegeser

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  1. Center for Jaw Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery, Zürcherstrasse 7, 8400, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Marc M. Baltensperger

  2. Maxillofacial, Facial Plastic, Head and Neck Surgery, Oberdorfstrasse 41, 8853, Lachen, Switzerland

    Gerold K. H. Eyrich

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Baltensperger, M. et al. (2009). Case Reports. In: Baltensperger, M., Eyrich, G. (eds) Osteomyelitis of the Jaws. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-28766-7_12

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