Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3122958 | British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The term ‘woody neck’ is widely used by surgeons and oncologists to describe the fibrosis that can occur following radiotherapy for head and neck malignancy. These soft tissue and skin changes can be compounded by neck dissection, either before or after radiotherapy. To our knowledge, there is no classification published in the literature to describe the degree of woody hardness following treatment. We propose a simple ABC classification for varying degrees of indurated oedema and neck fibrosis secondary to radiotherapy or long-standing pathology, using the hardness of different woods to enable a suitable description to be made of severity.
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Authors
S.D. Colbert, D.A. Mitchell, P.A. Brennan,