Selective neck dissection of anatomically appropriate levels is as efficacious as modified radical neck dissection for elective treatment of the clinically negative neck in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-352

  Clayman, Gary L ^a   Frank, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; OCCULT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031936883     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.3.348     Document Type: Article

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