Double-bladed scalpel: A new option for harvesting margins in head and neck cancers

ORL

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-87

  Cernea, Claudio R ^a,c   Velasco, Otavio ^a   Gomes, Marcos Q T ^a   Vellutini, Eduardo ^a   Hojaij, Flavio C ^b   De Carlucci Jr , Dorival ^a   Nishio, Sunao ^a   Morais Besteiro, Julio ^a   Ishida, Luis C ^a   Ferraz, Alberto R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Frozen section; Head and neck cancer; Squamos cell carcinoma; Surgical margins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL; SOFT TISSUE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 33644905874     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091208     Document Type: Article

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