title: [Cervical lymph nodes: surgeon's point of view].
abstract: Squamous cell carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract or head and neck cancers, are localized in a complex anatomical region with a major lymphohilic locoregional cervical extension. Cervical lymph node surgery is systematized and drainage areas are sectorized with an increasingly conservative attitude. Improving imaging techniques allow the realization of selective neck dissection; sentinel node techniques are being evaluated. The traditional dissection is reserved to the lymph in capsular rupture or cervical interstitial mass.
authors.affiliation: Institut universitaire de la face et du cou, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France. Electronic address: olivier.dassonville@nice.unicancer.fr.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dassonville
authors.affiliation: Département de radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France; Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 28, avenue Valrose, 06103 Nice, France.
authors.forename: A-T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Falk
authors.affiliation: Institut universitaire de la face et du cou, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poissonnet
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
keywords: Cancer ORL; Cervical dissection; Chirurgie; Curage cervical; Ganglion sentinelle; Head and neck cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Surgery