Surgical treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the jaw following radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer: A retrospective clinical analysis in a single-center

Background/purpose

Osteoradionecrosis of the jaw (ORNJ) is an intractable disease that develops within the radiation field in patients with head and neck cancer. This study aimed to investigate differences in healing rates among surgical treatments for mandibular ORN that developed after radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer.