Surgical technique - Unwrapping the neck node levels around a sternocleidomastoid muscle bar: A systematic way of performing (modified) radical neck dissection

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1216-1221

  Balm, A J M ^a,b   Lohuis, P J F M ^a,b   Copper, M P ^a,b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Modified) radical neck dissection; Sternocleidomastoid muscle; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FISTULA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 29244488745     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.07.013     Document Type: Article

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