title: [Surgical treatment of tremendous neurogenic tumors in the root of neck].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate surgical treatment outcomes in 6 cases with tremendous neurogenic tumors in the root of neck.
  
  
  METHODS
  Neck-chest-axil-arm "T" incision was used to remove huge tumor in the root of neck.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The tumors in the root of neck in 6 patients were removed successfully and no serious complication occurred. With postoperative follows-up for 2-6 years(median 4.5 years), only 1 case died due to the recurrence of lesion in vertebral canal in 11 months after surgery and the other cases survived with satisfying therapeutic outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgery is an effective method to remove advanced tumor in the root of neck and to improve the quality of life for the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya Medical School of Central South University (Hunan Cancer Hospital), Changsha 410013, China.
authors.forename: Jinyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenxiao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhangui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ronghua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bao
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009369:Neoplasms; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome