Topographical analysis of lymphatic pathways from the meso- and hypopharynx based on minute cadaveric dissections: Possible application to neck dissection in pharyngeal cancer surgery

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-49

  Saito, H ^a   Sato, T ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Amagasa, T ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGED; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NECK; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; NECK; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036018883     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-002-0015-8     Document Type: Article

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