Updated definition of level VI lymph node classification in the neck

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-322

  Lallemant, Benjamin ^a   Reynaud, Christophe ^a   Alovisetti, Caroline ^a   Debrigode, Charles ^a   Ovtchinnikoff, Serge ^a   Chapuis, Heliette ^a   Lallemant, Jean Gabriel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Esophagus; Head and neck cancer; Larynx; Level VI; Lymph node; Neck dissection; Thyroid; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRICOID; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HYOID BONE; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEA;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33847186968     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480600806299     Document Type: Article

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