Accessory nerve damages and impaired shoulder movements after neck dissections

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 197-201

  Miyata, Koji ^a   Kitamura, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

EID: 0030926284     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(97)90082-X     Document Type: Article

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