Assessment of preoperative ultrasonography of the neck and elective neck dissection in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Wensing, B M ^a   Merkx, M A W ^a   De Wilde, P C ^a   Marres, H A M ^a   Van den Hoogen, F J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Clinically negative neck; Frozen section; Oral cancer; Oral cavity; Selective neck dissection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; OCCULT CANCER; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 74649085970     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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