A technique to identify and preserve the spinal accessory nerve during neck dissection

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 494-496

  Chaukar, D A ^a   Pai, A ^a   D'Cruz, A K ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Accessory Nerve; Morbidity; Neck Dissection; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; NECK DISSECTION; PRESERVATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TECHNIQUE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NECK MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ACCESSORY NERVE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLES; VEINS;

EID: 33750115179     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000879     Document Type: Article

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