Incidence and Factors Associated With the Development of Calvarial Osteoradionecrosis in Patients Treated for Cutaneous Malignancies.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objective

Calvarial osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is a rare but devastating complication of radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to describe the cumulative incidence of Calvarial ORN in patients in patients treated for cutaneous malignancy of the scalp.

Methods

Data was compiled from patient records of a large tertiary hospital Plastic Surgery department and radiotherapy records of an affiliated cancer Center. We included all patients that were treated for cutaneous malignancies of the scalp that received radiotherapy. Patient demographics, cancer stage, treatment modalities, intraoperative details, and patient outcome data were recorded. Patients with incomplete radiotherapy data were excluded.

Results

We analyzed 105 rad

SUBMITTER: Weerakkody D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11563015 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature