Microdebrider decompression of schwannoma: A novel method of excising a neck mass

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2086-2088

  Chennupati, Sri Kiran ^a   Schipor, Ioana ^b   Mirza, Natasha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Central California Ear   (United States)

Author keywords

Microdebrider; Neck mass; Powered instrumentation; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MICRODEBRIDER DECOMPRESSION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 33750711448     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000235940.10124.52     Document Type: Article

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