Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report

Post radiotherapy radiation trismus presents significant concerns for a patient’s quality of life and for the clinical monitoring for recurrence of head and neck oncology. Current treatments include scar band release surgery that has been shown to be safe and effective. We present a case with a rare...

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Autores principales: Sivam, Akash, Garg, Ankit, Sillifant, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35622070
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9050031
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description Post radiotherapy radiation trismus presents significant concerns for a patient’s quality of life and for the clinical monitoring for recurrence of head and neck oncology. Current treatments include scar band release surgery that has been shown to be safe and effective. We present a case with a rare, post-operative complication of difficulty of mouth closure that can pose a significant impact on quality of life that should be considered.
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spelling pubmed-91477362022-05-29 Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report Sivam, Akash Garg, Ankit Sillifant, Paul Medicines (Basel) Case Report Post radiotherapy radiation trismus presents significant concerns for a patient’s quality of life and for the clinical monitoring for recurrence of head and neck oncology. Current treatments include scar band release surgery that has been shown to be safe and effective. We present a case with a rare, post-operative complication of difficulty of mouth closure that can pose a significant impact on quality of life that should be considered. MDPI 2022-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9147736/ /pubmed/35622070 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9050031 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report
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title_full Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report
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title_short Unforeseen Outcomes Post Treatment for Radiation Induced Trismus: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9147736/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9050031
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