Evidence of significant sternocleidomastoid atrophy following modified radical neck dissection type III

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Cuccia, Giuseppe ^a   Shelley, Odhran P ^b   D'Alcontres, Francesco Stagno ^b   Giannitrapani, Marco ^b   Soutar, David S ^b   Camilleri, Ivan G ^b  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INFANT; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECK DISSECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; ACCESSORY NERVE; ATROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INJURY; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ATROPHY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644870452     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000187150.09737.1a     Document Type: Article

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