Patterns of lymph node metastases to the submuscular recess

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 203-207

  Smith, Rachael ^a   Taylor, S Mark ^a   Trites, Jonathan R B ^a   Smith, Anita ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Metastases; Neck; Submuscular recess

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUBMUSCULAR RECESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34948850869     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2007.0033     Document Type: Article

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