Shoulder disability after different selective neck dissections (levels II-IV versus levels II-V): A comparative study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Cappiello, Johnny ^a   Piazza, Cesare ^a   Giudice, Marco ^a   De Maria, Giovanni ^a   Nicolai, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Electroneurography; Selective neck dissection; Shoulder function; Spinal accessory nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISHER EXACT TEST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYOPATHY; NECK DISSECTION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK DISSECTION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 13444257838     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000154729.31281.da     Document Type: Article

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