Selective lateral neck dissection for laryngeal cancer in the clinically negative neck: is it justified?
Selective lateral neck dissection is a recently-introduced surgical procedure for the treatment of cervical lymph nodes believed to be at risk of metastasis from primary malignant neoplasms of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts. Its value in the management of the clinically negative neck in cancer of the larynx is discussed.
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Italy. clorl@dsc.uniud.it
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D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D009333:Neck; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods