The value of ultrasound examination in preoperative neck assessment and in early diagnosis of nodal recurrences in the follow-up of patients operated for laryngeal cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 415-417

  Szmeja, Z ^a   Wierzbicka, M ^a   Kordylewska, M ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Larynx cancer; Lymph nodes; Ultrasonography neck

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCAR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032842417     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050178     Document Type: Article

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