Open AccessAntibiotic protocol for the prevention of osteoradionecrosis following dental extractions in irradiated head and neck cancer patients: A 10 years prospective study
Author(s) -
Saleh A Al-Bazie,
Mesaad Bahatheq,
Mohamad Al-Ghazi,
Nasser Al-Rajhi,
Sundar Ramalingam
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.159090
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoradionecrosis , head and neck cancer , dentistry , radiation therapy , perioperative , surgery , antibiotics , trismus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The aim of the study was to establish the long term efficacy of a perioperative antibiotic protocol combined with antibacterial mouthwashes in preventing osteoradionecrosis (ORN).