title: [Radical versus modified neck dissection. Cancer-related and functional viewpoints].
abstract: In a retrospective study 256 cases with curative or prophylactic neck dissection were evaluated with regard to neck recurrence and survival. In 173 cases the spinal accessory nerve had been preserved, in the remaining 86 cases it had been sacrificed. The results demonstrate that preservation of the accessory nerve has no influence on the regional recurrence rate and on survival if preservation of the nerve is possible without compromising the radicality of the neck dissection and if the patient is subjected to post-operative radiation.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Mainz.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolfensberger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Füller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate