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Year: 2015   |   Volume: 4   |   Issue: 1   |   Page: 61-65     View issue

Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible: A report of three cases


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Abstract

Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible is one of the most serious and severe complications of radiation therapy for head and neck malignancies. In this condition, there is a nonhealing wound persistent for 3 months or more characterized by the irradiated bone getting exposed and devitalized with loss of the overlying skin or mucosa. Here, we present a report of three cases which reported to the department of oral medicine and radiology.

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Kayal L, Jayachandran S, Sharma A, Karthikeyan K. Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible: A report of three cases. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2015;4(1):61-5. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.149049
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Kayal, L., Jayachandran, S., Sharma, A., & Karthikeyan, K. (2015). Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible: A report of three cases. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 4(1), 61-65. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.149049

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