Feasibility of submandibular gland preservation in neck dissection: A prospective anatomic-pathologic study

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 603-609

  Dhiwakar, Muthuswamy ^a   Ronen, Ohad ^a   Malone, James ^a   Rao, Krishna ^a   Bell, Stephen ^b   Phillips, Roy ^c   Shevlin, Bruce ^b   Robbins, K Thomas ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

level I lymph nodes; neck dissection; organ preservation; submandibular gland; xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SURGERY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE SLICE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND;

EID: 79954483605     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21499     Document Type: Article

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