Preoperative ultrasonographic examination for lymph node metastasis: Usefulness when designing lymph node dissection for papillary microcarcinoma of the thyroid

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 498-501

  Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Tomoda, Chisato ^a   Uruno, Takashi ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a   Miyauchi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442643855     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7192-z     Document Type: Article

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