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Buccinator Myomucosal Flap for Treatment of Osteoradionecrosis of the Mandible [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2016
The use of a myomucosal flap from the buccinator muscle is a valuable reconstruction method for intraoral defects. In this paper, we report the clinical advantages of using a buccinator myomucosal flap for the treatment of partial mandibular defects ...
Seung Hoon Woo
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Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report

Medicines, 2022
Post radiotherapy radiation trismus presents significant concerns for a patient’s quality of life and for the clinical monitoring for recurrence of head and neck oncology.
Akash Sivam, Ankit Garg, Paul Sillifant
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Cancer of the External Auditory Canal with Extensive Osteoradionecrosis of the Skull Base after Re-Irradiation with Particle Beams: A Case Report

Case Reports in Oncology, 2021
Re-irradiation with X-rays and particle beams can be used to treat localized recurrence of unresectable head and neck cancer after initial irradiation therapy. However, re-irradiation therapy increases the risk of severe and late sequelae by 4-to 8-fold.
Mioko Matsuo, Ryuji Yasumatsu, Sei Yoshida, Rina Jiroumaru, Kazuki Hashimoto, Takahiro Wakasaki, Takashi Nakagawa   +6 more
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Extremely Rare Pathologies of the Craniovertebral Junction Region: A Case Series and Review of the Literature

Surgeries, 2023
Background: The craniovertebral junction is a complex region, connecting the occiput, the atlas, the axis, and the containing vital neural and vascular structures.
Eugenia Maiorano, Giannantonio Spena, Fabio Sovardi, Puya Dehgani-Mobaraki, Fabio Pagella, Andrea Montalbetti, Elisabetta Peppucci, Christian Grasso, Cesare Zoia   +8 more
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Oral management strategies for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer

Japanese Dental Science Review, 2020
Summary: Radiotherapy, often with concomitant chemotherapy, has a significant role in the management of head and neck cancer, however, radiotherapy induces adverse events include oral mucositis, hyposalivation, loss of taste, dental caries ...
Yumiko Kawashita, Sakiko Soutome, Masahiro Umeda, Toshiyuki Saito   +3 more
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HOPON (Hyperbaric Oxygen for the Prevention of Osteoradionecrosis): a randomised controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen to prevent osteoradionecrosis of the irradiated mandible: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible is the most common serious complication of radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy. For decades, hyperbaric oxygen has been employed in efforts to prevent those cases of osteoradionecrosis that are ...
Richard Shaw, Christopher Butterworth, Binyam Tesfaye, Matthew Bickerstaff, Susanna Dodd, Gary Smerdon, Seema Chauhan, Peter Brennan, Keith Webster, James McCaul, Peter Nixon, Anastasios Kanatas, Paul Silcocks   +12 more
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Endoscopic Debridement of Post-radiation Nasopharyngeal Necrosis: The Effects of Resurfacing With a Vascularized Flap [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Objectives Post-radiation nasopharyngeal necrosis (PRNN) is a serious complication that severely impacts the quality of life and survival of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients. Endoscopic debridement is considered the first-line treatment for PRNN.
Bokhyun Song, Hyo Yeol Kim, ·Yong Gi Jung, Chung-Hwan Baek, Man Ki Chung, Sang Duk Hong   +5 more
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Osteoradionecrosis of the Temporal Bone as a Rare Cause of Facial Nerve Palsy

Diagnostics, 2022
We present a case of a 69-year-old male who presented with acute left facial nerve palsy, serous bloody otorrhea, otalgia, and exposed necrotic bone on the floor of his left ear canal.
Florian Schmidt, Katy Bradley, Gerd Fabian Volk   +2 more
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Skull base osteomyelitis in patients with head and neck cancer: Diagnosis, management, and outcomes in a case series of 23 patients

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2022
Background Skull base osteomyelitis (SBO) is an infection of the central cranial bones, most commonly resulting from contiguous spread of infection from adjacent head and neck structures.
Mary M. Czech, Peter H. Hwang, Alexander Dimitrios Colevas, Nancy Fischbein, Dora Y. Ho   +4 more
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Osteoradionecrosis of the Anterior Thoracic Wall after Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

대한영상의학회지, 2019
Although osteoradionecrosis of the thoracic wall is rare, severe complications following radiation therapy for breast cancer can occur. The authors report the case of a 65-year-old woman who developed osteoradionecrosis in the left thoracic wall 17 ...
Young Seon Kim, Jung-Hee Yoon
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