Factors associated with restricted mouth opening and its relationship to health-related quality of life in patients attending a Maxillofacial Oncology clinic

Oral Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 430-438

  Scott, B ^a   Butterworth, C ^b,c   Lowe, D ^a   Rogers, S N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b Oral Rehabilitation   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Health related quality of life; Mouth opening; Questionnaires; Surgery; Trismus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOOD; MOUTH; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVA; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT DURATION; TRISMUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TRISMUS;

EID: 43049128210     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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