Node counts in neck dissection: Are they useful in outcomes research?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 433-435

  Agrama, Mark T ^a   Reiter, David ^b   Topham, Allan K ^b   Keane, William M ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICS;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035316722     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.114455     Document Type: Article

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