Systematic approach to the treatment of chylous leakage after neck dissection

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-351

  De Gier, Henrlëtte H W ^a,b   Balm, Alfonsus J M ^a   Bruning, Peter F ^a   Theo Gregor, R ^a   Hilgers, Frans J M ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHYLE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION DRAINAGE; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0029922809     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199607/08)18:4<347::aid-hed6>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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