The mandibulotomy: Friend or foe? Safety outcomes and literature review

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2369-2375

  Dziegielewski, Peter T ^a   Mlynarek, Alex M ^a   Dimitry, John ^a   Harris, Jeffrey R ^a   Seikaly, Hadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Head and neck cancer; Mandibulotomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBULOTOMY; MOUTH DISEASE; OROCUTANEOUS FISTULAE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949137352     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20694     Document Type: Review

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