Abstract: Seventeen oral cancer patients (47 to 78 years, mean 67) were treated with external radiation in areas that included future implant sites. Implants were placed in the irradiated jaws after a period of 18 to 228 months (mean 88 months). The patients received...
Abstract: The purpose of the study is to report the occurrence of optic neuropathy after stereotactic radiosurgery for perichiasmal tumors. Records of four patients with visual deterioration after stereotactic radiosurgery were reviewed, including clinical findings,...
Abstract: Rectal epithelial cell kinetics are used as intermediate markers for colorectal cancer and relate to risk. In this study, measures of proliferation using direct immunohistochemistry for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were compared to in vitro...
Abstract: In the presence of acute inflammation and necrosis of the wall, tracheo-bronchial defects are difficult to manage. The absence of adequate vascularization and the contaminated area prevent successful direct re-suturing. In order to restore a sufficient blood...
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma (PBT) of ascent is a feared complication in compressed air diving. Although certain respiratory conditions are thought to increase the risk of suffering PBT and thus should preclude diving, in most cases of PBT, risk factors are...
Abstract: Larsen, , , , , , , , (1997). Placement of dental implants in the irradiated mandible: a protocol involving adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial...
Abstract: Keller, , , , , , , , (1997). Placement of dental implants in the irradiated mandible: a protocol without adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen. Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: Following radical oral cancer surgery and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy with a total dose of 60 Gy, 71 IMZ and 150 Brånemark implants were placed in the mandibles and 28 Brånemark implants were placed in the maxillas of 60 patients between 1985 and...
