Laryngeal radionecrosis and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Report of 18 cases and review of the literature

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 554-562

  Filntisis, George A ^a,b   Farmer, Joseph C ^a   Moon, Richard E ^a   Scher, Richard L ^a   Kraft, Kevin L ^a   Piantadosi, Claude A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen; Laryngeal necrosis; Radiation injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343953037     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900605     Document Type: Article

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