Permanent unilateral hearing loss after radiotherapy for parotid gland tumors

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 902-908

  Van Der Putten, Lisa ^a,b   De Bree, Remco ^a   Plukker, John T ^b   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a,b   Smits, Cas ^a   Burlage, Fred R ^b   Leemans, C René ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Audiometry; CT planning; Hearing loss; Parotid tumor; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; OTITIS; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TINNITUS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749317508     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20426     Document Type: Article

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