Buried bumper syndrome: a rare complication during radical chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Teo, Rachel Pei Jing Maniam, Akash Boon, Ian Boon, Cheng S
Teo, Rachel Pei Jing
Maniam, Akash
Boon, Ian
Boon, Cheng S
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Eastern Regional Health Authority, Trinidad and Tobago; Leeds Cancer Research UK Centre; Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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2024-01-24
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Patients undergoing radical treatment particularly chemoradiotherapy for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract frequently experience progressive deterioration in swallow during and immediately after treatment. It is important to identify patients at high risk of compromised feeding early, following diagnosis, so that alternate feeding routes, such as percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies (PEGs), can be promptly and prophylactically instituted, in keeping with the UK Head and Neck Cancer Guidelines (2016).
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Teo RPJ, Maniam A, Boon I, Boon CS. Buried Bumper Syndrome: a rare complication during radical chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 25;14(5):e238203. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238203
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