Upper limb dysfunction following selective neck dissection: A retrospective questionnaire study

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 789-792

  Carr, Simon D ^a   Bowyer, Duncan ^b   Cox, Graham ^c  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DASH questionnaire; Head and neck cancer; Selective neck dissections; Spinal accessory nerve; Upper limb dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARM DYSFUNCTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67049171421     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21018     Document Type: Article

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