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What Do We Really Know?

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2004;130:1435.

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One aspect of major emphasis in the realm of the surgical treatment of patients with head and neck cancer has been the application of more tissue-preserving procedures to reduce, as much as possible, disease-related morbidity. The appropriate use of such procedures requires that, when performed, they provide a level of cancer control equivalent, or very nearly so, to the traditional, more radical operations. A facet of management that has drawn considerable attention in this regard for many years is how to best manage cervical lymph node metastasis.

Figure appears in full text version. Robert P. Zitsch III, MD

Recently, the suitability of SND instead of MRND for the elective treatment of the cN0 neck has been a prominently debated topic, which, 6 years ago, was the focus of this section in an issue of the ARCHIVES.¹ The leading opinions then expressed were that, although conclusive, prospective data comparing the 2 procedures were not available . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Robert P. Zitsch III, MD

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