Local radiation dose, fixation, and non-union of mandibulotomies

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Smeele, Ludwig E ^a   Slotman, Ben J ^b   Mens, Jan W ^b   Tiwari, Rammohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Mandible; Osteoradionecrosis; Osteosynthesis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0033017308     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199907)21:4<315::AID-HED4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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