British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 279-283 , June 2009

Bronchoscopy screening in primary oral squamous cell carcinoma: a 10-year experience

  • Marco Rainer Kesting

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Luisa Robitzky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Sammy Al-Benna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Lars Steinstraesser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Hansjörg Baurecht

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus-Dietrich Wolff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Hölzle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Markus Nieberler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Mücke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • ,
  • Denys John Loeffelbein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Str. 22, D-81675 München, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 4140 2921; fax: +49 89 4140 4993.

,Accepted 22 January 2009.

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PII: S0266-4356(09)00031-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.01.009

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 279-283 , June 2009

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