Abstract: There is still considerable controversy regarding whether hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy used preoperatively and postoperatively will prevent osteoradionecrosis in previously irradiated patients undergoing tooth extraction. The purpose of this systematic...
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen has been shown to enhance the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy for the treatment of several malignant tumors, the impact of hyperbaric oxygen on osteosarcoma has not yet been demonstrated. In this study, we investigated...
Abstract: Flexible bronchoscopy is a widely used and safe procedure with a reported maximal mortality rate of 0.04% and a major-complications rate of 0.5%. There are, however, only few case descriptions for postinterventional cerebral air embolism and the frequency of...
Abstract: Zygomycetes are increasingly reported as a cause of life-threatening invasive fungal infections in profoundly immunocompromised patients and in those with diabetic ketoacidosis. Zygomycosis, typically presents as soft tissue, rhino-orbitocerebral, pulmonary...
Abstract: Pre-irradiation dental care depends on teeth health, fields and dose of irradiation, compliance to fluorides, cessation of tobacco and psychosocial cofactors. Dental care aims at preventing complications and preserving the quality of life (eating, speech,...
Abstract: Radiotherapy is generally used in the treatment of malignant tumors in the head and neck region. It causes a hypoxic, hypocellular, and hypovascular environment that leads to injury to surrounding normal tissue, both acute and chronic, ranging from...
Abstract: Erkan, Bilgi, Mutluoğlu, Uzun, , , , , (2009). Bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in cancer patients and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. JOP : Journal of the pancreas, 2009 Sep;10(5):579-80; author reply...
Abstract: A 45-year-old man who developed brain radionecrosis in the right frontal and left temporoparietal lobes after receiving whole brain radiotherapy and stereotactic radiosurgery for primary central nervous system lymphoma. Since high dose steroid treatment...
Abstract: In a patient with bladder urothelial cancer that is not suitable for or does not choose curative treatment, intractable hematuria is a disastrous condition. In this article, we tried to review the literature and extract a stepwise approach for palliative...
Abstract: Sodium thiosulfate has been successfully used to treat calcyphilaxis in adults and children, but its effect on iatrogenic calcinosis cutis secondary to extravasation of calcium solutions is less known. We describe a 5-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic...
