title: Relative effect of surgery and radiotherapy on the internal jugular vein following functional neck dissection.
abstract: We examined the internal jugular veins in three groups of patients who had undergone (1) a functional neck dissection and radiotherapy, (2) a functional neck dissection alone, or (3) radiotherapy alone, using a noninvasive color Doppler ultrasound scan. The internal jugular veins were ultrasonically bilaterally normal in 18% of patients who had undergone a functional neck dissection and radiotherapy, in 88% of patients who had undergone a functional neck dissection alone, and in 57% of patients who had undergone radiotherapy alone. The combination of a functional neck dissection and radiotherapy significantly affected the internal jugular vein when compared with a functional neck dissection alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Sheldon
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Falconer
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Bainbridge
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Soutar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014463:Ultrasonography