BACKGROUND: Supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) has assumed increasing
importance as a staging lymphadenectomy in patients with N0 oral and oropharyngeal …

Background The supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) is often performed in patients
with cancer of the oral cavity, where there is no clinical or radiologic evidence of regional …

Background Supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) is currently used as a staging
procedure for patients with clinically negative nodes in the neck who are at increased risk (> …

Objective To determine whether level IIb lymph nodes can be saved in elective
supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) as a treatment for patients with squamous cell …

BACKGROUND: Supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) is currently performed in
patients with carcinoma of the oral cavity with clinically negative neck. Most investigators …

Background. Patients with clinically N0 necks will undergo elective removal of lymphatic
tissue from levels I, II, and III as part of their routine surgical management. Level IV is omitted …

BACKGROUND: Supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) has been identified as an
appropriate staging procedure to provide valuable pathologic information of the neck for …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of supraomohyoid neck dissection (SOHND) in
oral carcinoma patients with clinically negative neck nodes. From July 1993 to June 1998 …

During a recent 5-year period, 115 patients had 131 supraomohyoid neck dissections.
Eighty-one percent of these procedures were performed for squamous carcinoma. Seventy …

Background The use of selective neck dissection in a positive neck is still controversial. The
object of this study was to ascertain the possibility of doing this procedure in oral cavity …