Is it time to eliminate confusion regarding cervical lymph node levels according to the scheme originated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 805-807

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a,f   Robbins, K Thomas ^b   Medina, Jesus E ^c   Shaha, Ashok R ^d   Som, Peter M ^e   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; EDITORIAL; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036971074     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655402/000028043     Document Type: Editorial

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