Primary Care Otolaryngology

Head and Neck Cancer

neck dissection is performed when bulky metastasis demands radical sur- gery and includes removal of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, internal jugular vein, and spinal accessory nerve . For more on neck dissection, see the free AAO-HNSF e-book TNM Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Neck Dissection Classification (http://www.entnet.org/mktplace/ NeckDissection.cfm).

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