title: [Skin melanomas of the head and neck: therapeutic value of cervical lymphatic dissection].
abstract: There is a conflicting evidence regarding the value of a regional lymph node dissection in early clinical stages of head and neck Melanomas. The AA. reviewed the clinical histories of 500 patients presenting a malignant melanoma localized in the head and neck region and treated in their Hospital between 1967 and 1987. Results showed that the prophylactic neck dissection is necessary for lesions between 0.75 and 1.5 mm in thickness, whereas in tumours with a depth of invasion greater than 1.5 mm the outcome of the disease is not improved by the prophylactic neck dissection.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra De Otorrinolaringología, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bujía
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilmes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landthaler
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Melanomas cutáneos de cabeza y cuello: valor terapéutico del vaciamiento linfático cervical.