Journal Reviews

Surgical management of refractory osteoradionecrosis

21 February 2020 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Osteoradionecrosis, free flap, management, mandibular, surgery

This is a French single-centre, 10-year experience of 55 surgical resection and reconstruction procedures. They claim an overall effectiveness rate of 92.3%. Thity-six segmental and 19 marginal mandibulectomies were performed. A variety of free flaps were used with soft tissue...

Changing trends in the management of osteoradionecrosis (ORN)

5 August 2014 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Debridement, Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Medical management, Osteoradionecrosis, Survival

In the wake of new drugs that have been introduced for ORN like pentoxifylline, tocopherol, clodronate etc, traditional ‘conservative’ management of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) including minimal surgical debridement and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is under review. This study is a retrospective...