Neck Dissection for Laryngeal Cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-593

  Ferlito, Alfio ^a   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^a   Silver, Carl E ^b   Robbins, K Thomas ^c   Medina, Jesus E ^d   Rodrigo, Juan Pablo ^e   Shaha, Ashok R ^f   Takes, Robert P ^g   Bradley, Patrick J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NECK DISSECTION; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 52949131329     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.06.337     Document Type: Review

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