Is routine inclusion of level IV necessary in neck dissection for clinically N0 supraglottic carcinoma?
✍ Scribed by Sedat Çağlı; İmdat Yüce; Ercihan Güney
- Book ID
- 116812377
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 136
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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