Abstract: A group of 43 patients requiring tooth extraction after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) was studied retrospectively to determine the incidence of post-extraction complications. It was found that because of the method used in the delivery of...
Abstract: The number of patients treated for neoplasms of the oral cavity (by surgery and/or radiotherapy) requiring prosthesis rehabilitation using osteointegrated implants is increasing greatly. The objective of this research is to examine the correlation between...
Abstract: Seventeen mostly elderly patients, 13 men and 4 women, were consecutively admitted for implant-prosthodontic treatment after they had undergone resection of malignant tumors in the oral cavity. A total of 53 dental implants (ITI-Straumann) was placed, 12 in...
Abstract: In animal models carbogen (normobaric 95% oxygen, 5% carbon dioxide) provides significant enhancement of local tumor control with fractionated radiotherapy. This approach to radiosensitization has been evaluated in the treatment of patients with bladder...
Abstract: To evaluate the long-term outcome with respect to local control, survival, and complications in a cohort of patients with locally advanced laryngeal carcinoma treated with hypofractionated radiation and hyperbaric oxygen at 4 atmospheres of pressure (HBO-4)....
Abstract: Cell cycle synchronization of tumor cells by exposure to hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) may increase the efficacy of chemotherapy or radiation by placing cells into a chemosensitive portion of the cycle. The purpose of the current study was to examine oxygen...
Abstract: In 1982, a 55-year-old woman was treated by total cystectomy and adjuvant radiotherapy/chemotherapy for a leiomyosarcoma of the bladder. Fifteen years later she presented with symptoms and signs of sacral plexopathy. Investigations revealed...
Abstract: We review the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in urology, and present the mechanisms of hyperoxia action in whole body hyperbaric chamber treatments, patient outcomes and patient selection criteria. The literature on hyperbaric oxygen use in urology was...
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis is one of the most serious and devastating complications of radiotherapy. The proper management of osteoradionecrosis is currently undetermined. The objective of this study is to evaluate the treatment results of a systematic approach to...
Abstract: The outlook for patients with recurrent HNC that is not amenable to treatment with curative surgery alone is grim. Reirradiation is often possible and can have a substantial effect on local tumor control. A dose of at least 60 Gy is needed, however, and...
