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A Study of Anatomical Variability of the Omohyoid Muscle and its Clinical Relevance

OBJECTIVE: The omohyoid muscle is a long, thin muscle consisting of superior and inferior bellies and an intermediate tendon, which runs obliquely in the lateral cervical region. The omohyoid is important in neck dissections because it is the surgical landmark for level III and IV lymph node metasta...

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Autores principales: Rai, Rajalakshmi, Ranade, Anu, Nayak, Soubhagya, Vadgaonkar, Rajanigandha, Mangala, Pai, Krishnamurthy, Ashwin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2664130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18719765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-59322008000400018