The node-negative neck: Accuracy of clinical intraoperative lymph node assessment for metastatic disease in head and neck cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 630-633

  Finn, Stephen ^a   Toner, Mary ^a   Timon, Conrad ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Head and neck cancer; Neck dissection; Staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0036218086     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200204000-00007     Document Type: Article

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