Neck Dissection: Nomenclature, Classification, and Technique

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 459-475

  Holmes, Jon D ^a,b  

^a Clark Holmes Oral and Facial Surgery of Alabama   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

HEMORRHAGE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 46149109642     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2008.02.005     Document Type: Review

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