Risk Factors for Maxillofacial Space Infection Complications: A Retrospective Analysis of 457 Patients
@article{Li2023RiskFF,
title={Risk Factors for Maxillofacial Space Infection Complications: A Retrospective Analysis of 457 Patients},
author={Peijun Li and Yang He and Yi Zhang and Jin-gang An and Yue Yang},
journal={The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery},
year={2023},
volume={34},
pages={2390 - 2394},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:258989842}
}Severity score of MSI was an objective evaluation index to predict complications and was proposed to evaluate the airway compromise of anatomic spaces.
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