Indication of elective contralateral neck dissection in squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx Indicação do esvaziamento eletivo contralateral no carcinoma espinocelular da hipofaringe
Lymph node metastases (LNM) are common in hypophariyngeal carcinomas; the neck dissection is an important therapeutic approach. AIM: to analyze the incidence and distribution of LNM and failures in treating the contralateral neck. METHODS: a retrospective study of 174 patients with hypopharyngeal ca...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2009-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942009000400004 |