Classification and terminology of neck dissections

ORL

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 212-216

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Som, Peter M ^b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b   Mondin, Vanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Head and neck cancer; Neck dissection

Indexed keywords

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NECK DISSECTION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034044796     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027748     Document Type: Review

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