American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 168-172 , May 2007

Peri- and postoperative complications after laser surgery of tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract

This study was presented in part at the International Meeting: Laser Surgery for Head and Neck Tumors—Reflections from 5 Continents, held at Göttingen, Germany, on June 11, 2005.

  • Maik Ellies, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Universitäts-HNO-Klinik, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany. Tel.: +49 551 392802; fax: +49 551 392809.
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  • Wolfgang Steiner, MD

Received 26 June 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00188-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.08.008

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 168-172 , May 2007

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