Carotid body paragangliomas: A systematic study on management with surgery and radiotherapy

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Suarez, Carlos ^a,b   Rodrigo, Juan P ^a,b   Mendenhall, William M ^c   Hamoir, Marc ^d   Silver, Carl E ^e   Gregoire, Vincent ^d   Strojan, Primoz ^f   Neumann, Hartmut P H ^g   Obholzer, Rupert ^h   Offergeld, Christian ⁱ   Langendijk, Johannes A ^j   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^k   Ferlito, Alfio ^k  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Carotid body tumor; Carotid paraganglioma; External beam radiotherapy; Jugular paraganglioma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ACCESSORY NERVE DISEASE; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COBALT THERAPY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; DISEASE CONTROL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE DISEASE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LETHARGY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE PARALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGUS NERVE INJURY;

CAROTID BODY TUMOR; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84892937629     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-013-2384-5     Document Type: Review

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