Cable grafting of the spinal accessory nerve after radical neck dissection

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-380

  Weisberger, Edward C ^a   Kincaid, John ^a   Riteris, Jeanne ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031955845     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.124.4.377     Document Type: Article

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