Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2017 Background Practice variability exists for the extent of neck dissection undertaken for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) metastatic to the lateral neck nodes, with disagreement over routine level V dissection.
Jason J. Xu +15 more
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Elective versus Therapeutic Neck Dissection in Node-Negative Oral Cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2015 BACKGROUND Whether patients with early-stage oral cancers should be treated with elective neck dissection at the time of the primary surgery or with therapeutic neck dissection after nodal relapse has been a matter of debate.
A. D'cruz +17 more
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PET-CT Surveillance versus Neck Dissection in Advanced Head and Neck Cancer.
New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 BACKGROUND The role of image-guided surveillance as compared with planned neck dissection in the treatment of patients with squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck who have advanced nodal disease (stage N2 or N3) and who have received ...
H. Mehanna +17 more
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Indications and outcomes of superselective neck dissection: A review and analysis of the literature
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2020 Superselective neck dissection, defined as dissection of two or less contiguous neck levels, has recently been introduced to reduce surgical morbidity of neck dissection while maintaining favorable oncologic outcomes.
Avanti Verma, Amy Y. Chen
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Robotic-Assisted Neck Dissection: Our Experience
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Introduction Robotic neck dissection surgery allows less invasiveness to significantly improve the aesthetic impact even though it does not compromise the principles of radical cancer procedure. Objective The aim of our work is to describe our
Salvatore Poma +7 more
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Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma of unknown primary: Neck dissection and radiotherapy or definitive radiotherapy [PDF]
, 2014 Background Management of head and neck carcinoma from unknown primary (HNCUP) remains controversial, with neck dissection and radiotherapy (RT) or definitive RT both commonly used.
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Acupuncture in shoulder pain and functional impairment after neck dissection: A prospective randomized pilot study [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The efficacy of conventional physiotherapy and antiinflammatory/analgesic drugs in the management of shoulder pain and functional disability following neck dissection is often disappointing.
Battat Nir +9 more
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Bilateral metastases in squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck: surgical treatment in one or two stages [PDF]
, 2004 AIM: To assess the results of treatment of bilateral neck metastases in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of upper aerodigestive tract. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case-series.
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Assessment of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire for use in patients after neck dissection for head and neck cancer [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundIn this cross‐sectional study, the sensibility, test‐retest reliability, and validity of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire were assessed in patients who underwent neck dissection.MethodsSensibility was ...
Brown, Dale +9 more
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Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, 2019 Objective To compare the neck and shoulder motor function of patients following neck dissection, including comparison with a group of healthy volunteers. Study Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Two tertiary hospitals in Brisbane, Australia.
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