Early wound complications in advanced head and neck cancer treated with surgery and Ir192 brachytherapy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-12

  Smith, Richard V ^a,c   Krevitt, Lane ^a   Yi, Su Min ^b   Beitler, Jonathan J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Brachytherapy; Head and neck cancer; Iridium 192; Wound complications

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN ULCER; WOUND CARE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033958815     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200001000-00002     Document Type: Article

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