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Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002;128:747-748.

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A NOTEWORTHY article by Robbins et al¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES describes an update of the original classification of neck dissection published in 1991² and proposed by the Committee for Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS). Recognizing the need to standardize the expanding terminology on neck dissection procedures, the Committee has defined the anatomical boundaries for lymph node dissection and recommended principles on which the terminology for neck dissection surgical procedures should be based.

The updated classification represents a consensus among representative head and neck surgeons of the American Head and Neck Society and the AAO-HNS and does not differ substantially from the recommendations of the AAO-HNS's Committee on Neck Dissection a decade ago. The 2 most significant changes concern the way in which various selective neck dissections are described (each variant is depicted by "SND" and the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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