Difficult problems in thyroid cancer surgery

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-93

  McHenry, C R ^a   Phitayakorn, R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal dis eases; Lymph node excision; Thyroid neoplasms; Tracheal diseases

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA TUMOR;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952942171     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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