Background. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and predictive factors of contralateral occult lymph node metastasis in squamous cell carcinomas of the oral cavity to form a rational basis for elective contralateral neck management. Methods. We performed a retrospective analysis
Management of the clinically N0 neck in oral and oropharyngeal carcinoma in Scotland
β Scribed by Mohamed Ahmed Ellabban; Timo A. Atula; Taimur Shoaib; Stephen Morley; Shirley-Ann Savage; Gerry Robertson; David Soutar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 373 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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