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Oral Surgery and Osteoradionecrosis in Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Radiation Therapy: An Update of the Current Literature

Biomedicines, 2023
Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a serious long-term complication of head and neck radiotherapy (RT), which is often triggered by dental extractions. It results from avascular aseptic necrosis due to irradiated bone damage. ORN is challenging to treat and can
Giulia Corrao, Giovanni Carlo Mazzola, Niccolò Lombardi, Giulia Marvaso, Alberto Pispero, Elisa Baruzzi, Sem Decani, Marco Tarozzi, Luca Bergamaschi, Chiara Lorubbio, Ilaria Repetti, Anna Starzyńska, Daniela Alterio, Mohseen Ansarin, Roberto Orecchia, Fiorella D’Amore, Roberto Franchini, Andrea Nicali, Paolo Castellarin, Andrea Sardella, Giovanni Lodi, Elena Maria Varoni, Barbara Alicja Jereczek-Fossa   +22 more
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Management of radiation wounds

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2012
Radiotherapy forms an integral part in cancer treatment today. It is used alone or in combination with surgery and chemotherapy. Although radiotherapy is useful to effect tumour death, it also exerts a deleterious effect on surrounding normal tissues ...
Subramania Iyer, Deepak Balasubramanian
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Updated Clinical Considerations for Dental Implant Therapy in Irradiated Head and Neck Cancer Patients [PDF]

, 2013
An increasing number of reports indicate successful use of dental implants (DI) during oral rehabilitation for head and neck cancer patients undergoing tumor surgery and radiation therapy.
Chan, Hsun‐liang, MacEachern, Mark, Oh, Tae‐ju, Tanaka, Takako Imai, Tindle, David Ira   +4 more
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Adjuvant therapy in osteoradionecrosis management: case reports

Bioscience Journal
Osteoradionecrosis is a chronic complication of head and neck radiotherapy. It is characterized by necrotic bone exposure in previously irradiated areas.
Laura Maria dos Santos Reis Rocha de Castro, Lívia Bonjardim Lima, Luiz Fernando Barbosa de Paulo, Antônio Pires da Silva Neto, Priscilla Barbosa Ferreira Soares   +4 more
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Management of venous thrombosis in fibular free osseomusculocutaneous flaps used for mandibular reconstruction: clinical techniques and treatment considerations [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Mandibular reconstruction by means of fibula transplants is the standard therapy for severe bone loss after subtotal mandibulectomy. Venous failure still represents the most common complication in free flap surgery.
Florian G. Draenert, Martin Gosau, Bilal Al Nawas, FC Wei, JS Brown, M Thorwarth, MM Curi, DW Chang, AA Chalian, P Hong, S Yazar, T Fukuiwa, M Halle, SP Whitley, KD Wolff, T Kubo, K Arai, DL Hirsch, JD Suh, ML Conforti, JM Serletti, NW Yii, NV Tran, V Panchapakesan   +23 more
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Osteoradionecrosis of the Acetabulum in a Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010
Osteoradionecrosis is a rare complication of radiation therapy. The pelvic and facial bones are those most likely to be affected when radiotherapy is used to manage gynaecological or nasopharyngeal malignancies.
Kwong-Yin Chung, Kwok-Hing Chiu, Kin-Wing Cheung   +2 more
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Transforming growth factor-β1/Smad/connective tissue growth factor axis: The main pathway in radiation-induced fibrosis of osteoradionecrosis?

Dental Hypotheses, 2013
Introduction: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible is a serious complication following radiation therapy for malignancies of the head and neck. Radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) is a new theory that accounts for the damage to normal tissues after ...
Qian Wei Zhuang, Zhi Yuan Zhang, Guang Long Liu, Shui Ting Fu, Yue He   +4 more
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Measurement of Thickness at the Inferior Border of the Mandible Using Computed Tomography Images: A Retrospective Study including 300 Japanese Cases

Tomography, 2023
Vascularised fibular free flaps are integral to reconstructive surgery for head and neck tumours. We investigated the morphological characteristics of the mandible to improve the incidence of plate-related complications after surgery.
Nobuhiro Ueda, Miki Zaizen, Yuichiro Imai, Tadaaki Kirita   +3 more
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Oral cancer: current role of radiotherapy and chemotherapy [PDF]

, 2013
The term oral cavity cancer (OSCC) constitutes cancers of the mucosal surfaces of the lips, floor of mouth, oral tongue, buccal mucosa, lower and upper gingiva, hard palate and retromolar trigone.
Huang, Shao Hui, O'Sullivan, Brian
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Thoracomyoplasty for Chronic Empyema and Osteoradionecrosis of the Chest Wall

Journal of Chest Surgery, 2021
Herein, we report a case in which thoracomyoplasty was performed to manage chronic postlobectomy empyema (PLE). A 54-year-old male patient with a surgical history of right upper lobectomy and thymectomy 35 years previously who had undergone adjuvant ...
Jeong In Hong, Hong Ju Shin, Won-Min Jo, Jae Seung Shin, Jinwook Hwang   +4 more
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