Retropharyngeal space and lymph nodes: An anatomical guide for surgical dissection

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1111-1115

  Ozlugedik, Samet ^a,b   Acar, Halil Ibrahim ^b   Apaydin, Nihal ^b   Esmer, Ali Firat ^b   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^b   Elhan, Alaittin ^b   Ozcan, Muge ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical fascia; Cervical lymph nodes; Lymph node excision; Retropharyngeal space

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FASCIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LYMPH NODE; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TUMOR; VAGUS NERVE;

CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISSECTION; FASCIA; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; LYMPH NODES; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PHARYNX; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 27144444380     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510035421     Document Type: Article

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