The neck dissection is a surgical procedure for control of neck lymph node metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. The aim...
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Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a flap-like tear of the inner lining of the vertebral artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the...
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artery dissection' should also be considered in the context of this article. The carotid arteries are a pair of large bore arteries in the neck, they further...
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Cervical lymph nodes (category Lymphatics of the head and neck)
the neck, the anterior cervical and postero-lateral cervical groups. However, this system was based upon anatomical landmarks found in dissection, making...
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Aortic dissection (AD) occurs when an injury to the innermost layer of the aorta allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, forcing the...
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(Robotic-assisted breast-axillo insufflation thyroidectomy) and Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection. He is the founder of MACS Clinic, Bangalore. He is the Senior Director...
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COMMANDO Operation or COMMANDO Procedure (COMbined MAndibulectomy and Neck Dissection Operation) is a complicated operation for 1st degree malignancy of...
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Lymphadenectomy (redirect from Lymph node dissection)
lymphadenectomy are axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer; radical neck dissection for head and neck cancer and thyroid cancer; D2 lymphadenectomy...
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Oral cancer (section Management of the neck)
involvement of the neck, during the diagnostic phase, then a modified radical neck dissection is generally performed. Where the neck lymph nodes have no...
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Some of these include diagnostic imaging, fine-needle aspiration, neck dissection, and antibiotic prophylaxis (treatment to prevent). Diagnostic imaging...
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Cervical artery dissection is dissection of one of the layers that compose the carotid and vertebral artery in the neck (cervix). They include: Carotid...
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Glossectomy (tongue removal; can be total, hemi, or partial) Radical neck dissection Combinational (e.g., glossectomy and laryngectomy done together). The...
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Paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer (category Head and neck cancer)
cancer may have spread to the neck, a neck dissection might be performed in order to remove the lymph nodes in the neck area, in order to remove any cancerous...
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exenteration, the 'Commando Operation' (tongue, jaw and neck dissection), bilateral back dissection, hemipelvectomy, and then hemicorporectomy or translumbar...
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cause of injury to the spinal accessory nerve. In particular, radical neck dissection and cervical lymph node biopsy are among the most common surgical procedures...
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This article describes the anatomy of the head and neck of the human body, including the brain, bones, muscles, blood vessels, nerves, glands, nose, mouth...
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Platysma muscle (category Muscles of the head and neck)
Anatomy (1918) Eibling, David E. (2008). "78 - Neck Dissection". Operative Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders...
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management options include the Sistrunk procedure, en bloc central neck dissection, suture-guided transhyoid pharyngotomy, and Koempel's supra-hyoid technique...
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Masseter muscle (category Muscles of the head and neck)
including the melon, used for echolocation. Muscles of the head and neck. Dissection, showing salivary glands of right side (Masseter visible at center)...
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An arterial dissection is a tear within the wall of an artery, which allows blood to separate the wall layers. There are several types. Usually, a tear...
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Accessory nerve (category Human head and neck)
Injury to the spinal accessory nerve commonly occurs during neck surgery, including neck dissection and lymph node excision. It can also occur as a result...
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HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer (category Head and neck cancer)
selective ipsilateral neck dissection. On the other hand, a large midline tongue lesion would require bilateral neck dissection, but in the absence of...
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PMID 32079830. Mathur AK; GM Doherty (2010). "Ch. 1: Thyroidectomy and Neck Dissection". In Minter RM; GM Doherty (eds.). Current Procedures: Surgery. New...
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Submental lymph nodes (category Lymphatics of the head and neck)
Schliephake, Henning; Ghali, G. E.; Cascarini, Luke (eds.), "25 - Neck Dissection", Maxillofacial Surgery (Third Edition), Churchill Livingstone, pp...
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causes of neck pain (roughly in order of severity) include: Carotid artery dissection Referred pain from acute coronary syndrome Head and neck cancer Infections...
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Omohyoid muscle (category Muscles of the head and neck)
"Chapter 11 - Cysts of the Neck, Unknown Primary Tumor, and Neck Dissection", Diagnostic Surgical Pathology of the Head and Neck (Second Edition), Philadelphia:...
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crisis and, potentially, death. A total thyroidectomy with bilateral neck dissection is the gold standard for treating medullary thyroid cancer, and is...
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Vascular sources of pain, like arterial dissections or internal jugular vein thrombosis Cervical adenitis Higher neck circumference has been associated with...
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direct blood transfusion. He contributed to other procedures, such as neck dissection. Crile designed a small hemostatic forceps which bears his name; the...
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(40.40) Radical neck dissection, not otherwise specified (40.41) Radical neck dissection, unilateral (40.42) Radical neck dissection, bilateral (40.5)...
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