Abstract:
To study osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the temporal bone. Retrospective case review. Academic medical center. Patients were included who had previously undergone radiation to the head and neck and then developed exposed necrotic bone within the ear canal that persisted at least 3 months.
Sharon, Khwaja, Drescher, Gay, Chole, , , , (2014). Osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone: a case series. Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 2014 Aug;35(7):1207-17. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24914789