A physiologic approach to the problems of simutaneous bilateral neck dissection.
A number of physiologic derangements have been observed resulting from the management of head and neck cancer with resection and simultaneous bilateral neck dissection. A protocol evolved to minimize morbidity from these complications was used on seventeen patients. Eleven are alive and free of disease and there was no mortality.
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