Total glossectomy: Is it justified?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 134-138

  Bova, Ronaldo ^a   Cheung, Ian ^a   Coman, William ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glossectomy; Laryngectomy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842560307     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2004.02912.x     Document Type: Review

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