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- Title
Radical neck dissection: is it still indicated?
- Authors
Hamoir, Marc; Silver, Carl; Schmitz, Sandra; Takes, Robert; Rinaldo, Alessandra; Rodrigo, Juan; Thomas Robbins, K.; Pitman, Karen; Medina, Jesus; Ferlito, Alfio
- Abstract
The authors reflects on the continued use of the radical neck dissection (RND) in treating patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). They explain the process of the RND, which removes all the lymphatic and non-lymphatic structures of the mandible and clavicle. They reveal that the procedure has not been widely use in the medical community until the advances of antibiotics, blood transfusion, and modern anesthesia allow safe and efficacious operation.
- Subjects
CANCER treatment; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; CLAVICLE surgery; MANDIBLE surgery; ANESTHESIA; BLOOD transfusion; ANTIBIOTICS
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2013, Vol 270, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-012-2237-7