Endoscopic laser surgery of early glottic cancer: Involvement of the anterior commissure

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 583-592

  Rödel, Ralph M W ^a   Steiner, Wolfgang ^a   Müller, Roland M ^a   Kron, Martina ^b   Matthias, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior commissure involvement; Carbon dioxide laser microsurgery; Early glottic cancer; Glottic squamous cell carcinoma; Local control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 66349128081     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20993     Document Type: Article

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