Anatomical variations of the spinal accessory nerve and its relevance to level IIb lymph nodes

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 639-644

  Lee, Sang Hyuk ^a   Lee, Jong Kyu ^a   Jin, Sung Min ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^b   Park, Il Seok ^b   Chu, Hyung Ro ^b   Ahn, Hwoe Young ^b   Rho, Young Soo ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL NERVE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION;

EID: 70350489807     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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