Neck dissection: Historical and current concepts

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 289-295

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; EDITORIAL; HEAD CANCER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; PORTRAITS; RESEARCH;

EID: 24044459747     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.01.015     Document Type: Editorial

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