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Can we predict which patients are likely to develop severe complications following reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis?
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery - 1 Dec 2013
Lyons Andrew J, Nixon Iain, Papadopoulou Dionyssia, Crichton Siobhan
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High morbidity has been reported for free vascularised reconstruction for osteoradionecrosis (ORN) and there are no apparent risk factors. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the transforming growth factor beta 1 gene (TGF-β1) has been implicated in the cause of ORN and may also predict these complications. We studied a series of 30 consecutive patients who had had reconstruction for severe ORN with free tissue...
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