Frequency of metastases at the area of the supraretrospinal (level IIB) lymph node in laryngeal cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1111-1114

  Sezen, Ozan Seymen ^a   Kubilay, Utku ^a   Haytoglu, Suheyl ^a   Unver, Seref ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Larynx carcinoma; Level IIb; Metastases; Neck dissection; Supraretrospinal recess

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPRARETROSPINAL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38049036330     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20646     Document Type: Article

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