Surgical treatment of paragangliomas of the carotid bifurcation: Results of 36 patients

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1058-1063

  Köhler, Hugo Fontan ^a   Carvalho, André Lopes ^a   Mattos Granja, Nara V ^a   Nishinari, Kenji ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carotid body; Paraganglioma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION PARAGANGLIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; METASTASIS; NERVE PARALYSIS; PARAGANGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 10044220778     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20105     Document Type: Article

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