With the proliferation of operations designed to treat cervical metastatic nodal disease, it has
become ever apparent for the need to more clearly and precisely communicate the location …

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 …

It is important to have an internationally recognized, precise nomenclature for different types
of neck dissection both for clinical and research purposes. However, as neck dissection …

Background: Radical neck dissection (RND) is standard treatment for cervical metastasis
from head and neck cancer. Although effective, RND produces significant morbidity. In an …

The authors review the evolving development of various types of neck dissections, and the
resultant classification systems. The standard radical neck dissection, introduced at the turn …

A number of issues are at the forefront of current considerations in surgical treatment of the
neck in head and neck cancer. These include proposed new definitions of lymph node …

Management of the neck remains the keystone of man-agement of cancer of the head and
neck. The cervical lymphatics play an active role in the biologic behavior of cancers of the …

In the absence of distant disease, the presence of cervical metastases is the most adverse
independent prognostic factor in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The …

Head and neck cancers, with the exception of early and asymptomatic lesions, generally
metastasize to cervical lymph nodes in a predictive and orderly course. 10, 46, 47 The extent …

Neck dissection, or cervical lymphadenectomy, is a time-honored procedure used to treat
metastastic carcinoma to the neck. Under most circumstances, the site of origin lies within …