title: Use of sonography in the follow-up of preoperatively irradiated efferent lymphatics of the neck in oropharyngeal tumours.
abstract: The applicability of sonography in the control of preoperative radiotherapy of neck lymph nodes in patients with malignancies in the region of the head and the neck was established in a prospective study. Lymph nodes with positive reactions showed a simultaneous reduction in size and structure. Postoperative histology showed no malignancy in these lymph nodes. All metastases were found in lymph nodes without sonographic changes under irradiation. In establishing the surgical procedure, clinical criteria should be considered primarily, and these should be supplemented and completed by the sonographic investigation.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Medical University, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Hessling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmelzeisen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reimer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Milbradt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Unverfehrt
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D010173:Palpation; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography