Level IIb lymph node metastasis in thyroid papillary carcinoma

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1117-1121

  Vayisoglu, Yusuf ^a   Ozcan, Cengiz ^a   Turkmenoglu, Ozgur ^a   Gorur, Kemal ^a   Unal, Murat ^a   Dag, Ahmet ^a   Ocal, Koray ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Level IIb; Lymph node; Metastasis; Neck dissection; Papillary thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 77955094746     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1185-3     Document Type: Article

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