Neck dissection of level IIb: Is it really necessary?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1624-1626

  Corlette, Toby H ^a,d   Cole, Ian E ^a   Albsoul, Nader ^b   Ayyash, Mohammad ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c Cancer Centre   (Jordan)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Level 2; Level 2b; Level II; Level IIb; Metastasis; Neck dissection; Nerve palsy; Selective neck dissection; Shoulder; Shoulder syndrome; Spinal accessory nerve; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgery; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 24944518739     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000173154.92581.c5     Document Type: Article

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