## Abstract ## Background The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that outcome following concomitant airway resection is superior to that after shaving of the tumour in patients with airway invasion of thyroid carcinoma. ## Methods The records of 34 patients with thyroid cancer w
Surgical management of thyroid cancer invading the airway
โ Scribed by Todd M. McCarty; Joseph A. Kuhn; Wydell L. Williams; Joshua D. I. Ellenhorn; John C. O'Brien; John T. Preskitt; Z. H. Lieberman; Jeff Stephens; Tamara Odom-Maryon; Kenneth G. Clarke; Lawrence D. Wagman
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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