Incidence of Perioperative Stroke after Neck Dissection for Head and Neck Cancer: A Regional Outcome Analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 428-431

  Thompson, Sarah K ^a   Southern, Danielle A ^b   Gregory McKinnon, J ^a   Dort, Joseph C ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 1242341492     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000114130.01282.26     Document Type: Article

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