Lymphadenectomy for melanoma in the clinically N1 neck: Radical, modified radical, or selective?

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 385-388

  White, Nicholas ^a   Yap, Lok Huei ^b   Srivastava, Shekhar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Melanoma; Modified radical neck dissection; Radical neck dissection; Selective neck dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAROTID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249102412     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31819b947b     Document Type: Article

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