Objective. To evaluate site of regional recurrence in patients with squamous cell carcinoma
of upper aerodigestive tract after neck dissection and the results of salvage treatment …

Data on 1,048 neck dissections in 881 patients were studied to evaluate the effectiveness of
treatment in controlling cervical metastasis. Of the 881 patients, 74.5% were treated by …

Originally developed as a technique of monoblock lymphadenectomy for head and neck
malignancies, radical neck dissection has been increasingly modified to minimize morbid …

Background. In the past, surgeons believed that in order to eradicate regional disease, a
radical or modified radical neck dissection was necessary. An evolution in surgical …

With the exception of distant metastases, the single most important prognostic factor in the
treatment of patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck is the status …

Neck dissection is one of the commonest procedures performed by a head and neck
surgeon. Since its introduction, this procedure las had a significant impact of the control of …

Elective neck dissection in patients with recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
(HNSCC) without evidence of neck disease (crN0) is poorly defined. A retrospective review …

One of the important considerations in the treatment of head and neck cancer is the status of
the cervical lymphatics, and management of the clinically negative (NO) neck is one of the …

A retrospective analysis of 457 radical neck dissections (RNDs) performed for epidermoid
cancers of the head and neck was performed. There was a 27 percent overall neck …

In an attempt to develop neck dissection procedures that more specifically addressed early
stage neck metastases, a number of variations and modifications of the classical radical …