Paradigm shifts in the management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible
โ Scribed by Adam S. Jacobson; Daniel Buchbinder; Kenneth Hu; Mark L. Urken
- Book ID
- 113833407
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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Involvement of large areas of the mandible or the entire mandible with osteoradionecrosis may result in severe functional disability and cosmetic deformity. The use of a well-vascularized pectoralis major myocutdneous flap from outside the original field of irradiation has been successful in obtaini
Background. Management of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) remains a difficult and challenging problem. The traditional approach using debridement, antibiotics, and occasionally hyperbaric oxygen is usually successful in treating minimal ORN. However, when bone and soft-tissue necrosis is extensive, the con