Neck dissection: Then and now

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-374

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Silver, Carl E ^b   Shah, Jatin P ^c   Suárez, Carlos ^d,e   Medina, Jesus E ^f   Kowalski, Luiz P ^g   Johnson, Jonas T ^h   Strome, Marshall ⁱ   Rodrigo, Juan Pablo ^d,e   Werner, Jochen A ^j   Takes, Robert P ^k   Towpik, Edward ^l   Robbins, K Thomas ^m   Leemans, C René ⁿ   Herranz, Jesús ^o   Gavilán, Javier ^p   Shaha, Ashok R ^c   Wei, William I ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Centro de Tratamento   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^m SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^o HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^q Division of Head and Neck Surgery   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

Functional neck dissection; Neck dissection; Radical neck dissection; Selective neck dissection; Superselective neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LITERATURE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MICROMETASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33749426525     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.06.001     Document Type: Review

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