… increased survival in patients undergoing elective neck dissection compared with the “wait
and see” approach. The incidence of occult lymph node metastasis detected by SND was 23…

… (observation) in oral cancer patients with clinical N0 neck. A … analysis showed that elective
neck dissection reduced the risk … elective neck dissection in oral cancers with clinical N0 neck. …

… of supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) in node negative and selected node positive
cases … as compared to comprehensive neck dissection.5, 6, 7, 8 Neck dissection classification, …

… occult cervical metastasis, elective neck dissection (END) is … OSCC) and a clinically
node-negative (cN0) neck. This paper … the pathologically node-negative neck dissection (pN0) …

… Application of this technique in the clinically negative neck is accepted by many due to … the
more extensive neck dissections.4*Ym” The use of the SND in the clinically positive neck, how…

… neck dissection (SND) for elective treatment of the clinically negative neck in head and neck
… (7), larynx (56), and clinically negative neck (NO), undergoing 126 SND from January 1990 …

… effectiveness of functional neck dissection in controlling metastasis to the clinically negative
(cNO)neck, focusing on recurrences in the pathologically negative (pNO)neck and the role of …

… of elective node dissection (ipsilateral neck dissection at the time of the primary surgery)
versus therapeutic node dissection (watchful waiting followed by neck dissection for nodal …

… 18 LNs after a neck dissection have better … neck dissection for head and neck cancer. Our
approach included evaluation of outcomes for both patients who are node negative and node …

… (SND) represents the next logical step in the modification of radical neck dissection. Selective
neck dissection has been extensively used in patients with a clinically node-negative neck, …