Treatment of laryngeal radionecrosis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A case report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-92

  Hsu, Ying Che ^a   Lee, Ka Wo ^a,b   Ho, Kuen Yao ^a   Tsai, Kun Bow ^a   Kuo, Wen Rei ^a   Wang, Ling Feng ^a   Chiang, Feng Yu ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complication; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Laryngeal cancer; Radionecrosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SORE THROAT; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 16444377500     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70283-9     Document Type: Article

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