Neck dissections in the United States from 2000 to 2006: Volume, indications, and regionalization

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 768-773

  Kim, Eugene Y ^a   Eisele, David W ^a   Goldberg, Andrew N ^a   Maselli, Judy ^a   Kezirian, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

head and neck cancer; health services research; neck dissection; practice patterns; regionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NOSE CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79955913650     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21536     Document Type: Article

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