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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures > Neck Dissection
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Lymph Node Excision > Neck Dissection

Preferred term

Neck Dissection  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dissection, Radical Neck
  • Dissections, Radical Neck
  • Neck Dissection, Radical
  • Neck Dissections, Radical
  • Radical Neck Dissection
  • Radical Neck Dissections

Scope note

  • Dissection in the neck to remove all disease tissues including cervical LYMPH NODES and to leave an adequate margin of normal tissue. This type of surgery is usually used in tumors or cervical metastases in the head and neck. The prototype of neck dissection is the radical neck dissection described by Crile in 1906.

History note

  • 2003; for RADICAL NECK DISSECTION use RADICAL NECK DISSECTION 1965-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D037981

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