The incidence and management of osteoradionecrosis of the jaws following head and neck radiotherapy
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 56 (671) , 851-857
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-56-671-851
Abstract
Only 22 cases of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the jaws so severe as to require resection have been reported in 2,853 [human] cases of head and neck tumors receiving radiation in doses capable of causing ORN. But for surgical interference, including dental extractions both pre- and post-therapy, the incidence would have been even lower. The management of the irradiated patient and of established necrosis is discussed.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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