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Philip M. Stell, MB, FRCS; Gerald A. Brown, MB, FRCS

Arch Otolaryngol. 1970;91(5):485-487.

Abstract
The use of a double horizontal incision is preferred for use in radical neck dissections for patients who have received irradiation to the neck. Three-point junctions should be avoided in the irradiated neck and a vertical limb dispensed with if possible. The adoption of the double horizontal incision in post-irradiation cases has almost doubled the primary healing rate.

Author Affiliations
Liverpool, England

From the ENT Department, the University of Liverpool (Dr. Stell), and the ENT Department, the United Liverpool Hospitals (Dr. Brown), Liverpool, England.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Feb 4, 1970.

Reprint requests to Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Ear, Nose, and Throat Infirmary, Myrtle St, Liverpool 7, England (Dr. Stell).

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