title: Neck dissection with cervical sensory preservation in thyroid cancer.
abstract: Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. Recently, controversy has focused on the management of lymph node metastases, which represent approximately 90% of disease recurrences and may require considerable time, effort, and resources to diagnose and treat. Neck dissections play an essential role in the management of head and neck cancer. A modified radical neck dissection (MND) refers to resection of the lymph nodes in levels II through V and often including the central nodes in level VI. When performing modified neck dissection, we recommend to protect more reserved cervical plexus. The purpose is to better protect patient's neck skin feeling.
authors.affiliation: Thyroid surgery department, the 1 hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Shuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Thyroid surgery department, the 1 hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Peisong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Thyroid surgery department, the 1 hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Thyroid cancer; cervical sensory preservation; modified radical neck dissection (MND)
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