Ultrasonic glossectomy - Simple and bloodless

Head and Neck

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 690-695

  Yuen, Anthony Po Wing ^a   Wong, Birgitta Yee Hang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glossectomy; Harmonic scalpel; Tongue carcinoma; Ultrasonic scalpel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIATHERMY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 23444443813     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20202     Document Type: Article

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