Comparison of morbidity between sentinel node biopsy and elective neck dissection for treatment of the N0 neck in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1260-1264

  Murer, Karin ^a,b   Huber, Gerhard F ^b   Haile, Sarah R ^a,c   Stoeckli, Sandro J ^a,b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constant Score; elective neck dissection; Neck Dissection Impairment Index; sentinel node biopsy; treatment related morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTANT SHOULDER ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINGUAL NERVE; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK DISSECTION IMPAIRMENT INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SHOULDER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK DISSECTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SHOULDER;

EID: 80051734722     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21622     Document Type: Article

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