Nodal yield in neck dissection and the likelihood of metastases

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-190

  Agrama, Mark T ^a   Reiter, David ^a,b   Cunnane, Mary F ^a   Topham, Allan ^a   Keane, William M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RACE;

EID: 0037294517     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.67     Document Type: Article

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