Quantitative clinical outcomes of therapy for head and neck lymphedema
Purpose: Head and neck surgery and radiation cause tissue fibrosis that leads to functional limitations and lymphedema. The objective of this study was to determine whether lymphedema therapy after surgery and radiation for head and neck cancer decreases neck circumference, increases cervical range...
Main Authors: | Kaleigh N. Doke, MD, Laine Bowman, MA, OTR, Yelizaveta Shnayder, MD, Xinglei Shen, MD, Mindi TenNapel, PhD, Sufi Mary Thomas, PhD, Prakash Neupane, MD, Hung-Wen Yeh, PhD, Chris E. Lominska, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-07-01
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Series: | Advances in Radiation Oncology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109418300708 |
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