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Is the degree of facial swelling after dental extraction sufficient to justify the current delays to radiotherapy mask production? A pilot evaluation of postextraction swelling using 3D photography

BACKGROUND: Concern that facial swelling after dental extractions will spoil the fit of radiotherapy masks in head and neck cancer patients leads to the current practice of delay making of mask production (and therefore the start of radiotherapy) for several days or longer. However, there is little...

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Autores principales: McCormick, Robert, Meechan, John, Adams, James, Stanncliffe, Helen, Merecer, Lee, Best, Kate, Nugent, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9033550/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35157789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cre2.540