Clavicular osteomyelitis: A rare complication after surgery for head and neck cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 653-656

  Piazza, Cesare ^a   Magnoni, Laura ^a   Nicolai, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clavicular osteomyelitis; Complication; Head and neck surgery; Streptococcus pyogenes Group A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNGECTOMY; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLAVICLE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745492560     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0040-z     Document Type: Article

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