title: Views on the relative indications for suprahyoid and radical neck dissections.
abstract: The various operative possibilities for the treatment of the lymphatic drainage area in the presence of a malignant epithelial tumor of the maxillofacial region are compared with one another and in particular the indications for surgery are examined in connection with the TNM classification.
mesh_terms: D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009367:Neoplasm Staging