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Gunter AE, Burgoyne J, Park M, et al. Novel application of vinylpolysiloxane hearing aid impression mold as patient-specific bolus for head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Clin Case Rep. 2020;8(6):944-949doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2731.
Gunter, A. E., Burgoyne, J., Park, M., Kim, N., Cao, D., & Mehta, V. (2020). Novel application of vinylpolysiloxane hearing aid impression mold as patient-specific bolus for head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Clinical case reports, 8(6), 944-949. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2731
Gunter, Anne Elizabeth, et al. "Novel application of vinylpolysiloxane hearing aid impression mold as patient-specific bolus for head and neck cancer radiotherapy." Clinical case reports vol. 8,6 (2020): 944-949. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2731
Gunter AE, Burgoyne J, Park M, Kim N, Cao D, Mehta V. Novel application of vinylpolysiloxane hearing aid impression mold as patient-specific bolus for head and neck cancer radiotherapy. Clin Case Rep. 2020 Mar 23;8(6):944-949. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2731. eCollection 2020 Jun. PMID: 32577239; PMCID: PMC7303862.
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Clin Case Rep. 2020 Mar 23;8(6):944-949. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2731. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Novel application of vinylpolysiloxane hearing aid impression mold as patient-specific bolus for head and neck cancer radiotherapy.

Clinical case reports

Anne Elizabeth Gunter, John Burgoyne, Min Park, Namou Kim, Daliang Cao, Vivek Mehta

Affiliations

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology Swedish Cancer Institute Seattle Washington.
  2. Present address: Department of Otolaryngology Madigan Army Medical Center Tacoma Washington.

PMID: 32577239 PMCID: PMC7303862 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2731

Abstract

Hearing aid impression material composed of vinylpolysiloxane is an ideal bolus material which may be used to aid in delivery of adjuvant radiation to complex surgical defects of the head and neck. It is affordable, easily accessed, and efficient.

© 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: adjuvant radiation; bolus; head and neck surgery; radiotherapy planning; squamous cell carcinoma

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this article.

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