Transoral excision of a retropharyngeal lymph node under rigid endoscopic control

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Buttà, Laura ^a   Lombardi, Davide ^a   Marconi, Anna ^a   Nicolai, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Retropharyngeal lymph node; Retropharyngeal space; Transoral excision

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EXCISION; FOLLICULAR HYPERPLASIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MOUTH LESION; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONGUE CANCER; TONGUE SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSORAL EXCISION; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 77950834646     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941011900401     Document Type: Article

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