Superimposed infection in mandibular osteoradionecrosis: Diagnosis and outcomes

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 725-731

  Hamilton, Jackson D ^a   Lai, Stephen Y ^a   Ginsberg, Lawrence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Infection; Mandible; Osteoradionecrosis; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT; CORTICAL BONE; INFECTION; MANDIBLE; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PET SCAN; RECURRENT TUMORS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BONE;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MOUTHWASH;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BONE EROSION; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INCISION; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRISMUS;

EID: 84870893337     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: 15323145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182702f09     Document Type: Article

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