The classic radical neck dissection continues to dominate therapy for cervical metastasis. While the morbidity, complications, and sequelae of this procedure are well documented, sternoclavicular joint hypertrophy appears to have escaped attention. In order to establish the true incidence of this fr
Hypertrophy of the sternoclavicular joint after functional neck dissection
✍ Scribed by Mohamed A. Ellabban; Greg O’Neill; Stephen Morley; David S. Soutar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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