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Neck, Cervical Metastases, Surgery: Multimedia

Author: Pankaj Chaturvedi, MBBS, MS, Associate Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Coauthor(s): Uma Chaturvedi, MD, MBBS, DPB, Lecturer, Department of Pathology, KJ Somaiya Hospital and Research Center, India; Thabet Abbarah, MD, FACS, Consulting Staff, Department of Otolaryngology, North Oakland Medical Centers; Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, MD, Staff Surgeon, Breast Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital; Gunateet Goswami, MD, Consulting Staff, Internal Medicine Associates, Mount Clemens, Michigan; Consulting Staff, Department of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital
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Updated: Jan 23, 2008

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Anatomy following a Type III modified neck dissec...Media file 1: Anatomy following a Type III modified neck dissection.
Anatomy following a Type III modified neck dissec...

Anatomy following a Type III modified neck dissection.

Levels of neck nodes.Media file 2: Levels of neck nodes.
Levels of neck nodes.

Levels of neck nodes.

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Further Reading

Keywords

radical neck dissection, RND, comprehensive neck dissection, modified neck dissection, MND, functional neck dissection, selective neck dissection, SND, squamous cell carcinomas, SCCA, cervical metastasis, lymphadenectomy, cervical lymphadenectomy, neck node metastasis, neck surgery, cervical metastases

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Pankaj Chaturvedi, MBBS, MS, Associate Professor, Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
Pankaj Chaturvedi, MBBS, MS is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Head and Neck Society, Association of Surgeons of India, and Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Uma Chaturvedi, MD, MBBS, DPB, Lecturer, Department of Pathology, KJ Somaiya Hospital and Research Center, India
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Thabet Abbarah, MD, FACS, Consulting Staff, Department of Otolaryngology, North Oakland Medical Centers
Thabet Abbarah, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, MD, Staff Surgeon, Breast Oncology, William Beaumont Hospital
Nafisa K Kuwajerwala, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Gunateet Goswami, MD, Consulting Staff, Internal Medicine Associates, Mount Clemens, Michigan; Consulting Staff, Department of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital
Gunateet Goswami, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Medical Association, American Society of Echocardiography, and Michigan State Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Benoit J Gosselin, MD, FRCSC, Associate Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School; Director, Comprehensive Head and Neck Oncology Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center; Staff Otolaryngologist, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Benoit J Gosselin, MD, FRCSC is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Society, American Medical Association, American Rhinologic Society, Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, New Hampshire Medical Society, North American Skull Base Society, and Ontario Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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Managing Editor

Nader Sadeghi, MD, FRCS(C), Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, George Washington University
Nader Sadeghi, MD, FRCS(C) is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Head and Neck Society, Federation of Medical Specialists in Quebec, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Christopher L Slack, MD, Otolaryngology-Facial Plastic Surgery, Private Practice, Associated Coastal ENT; Medical Director, Treasure Coast Sleep Disorders
Christopher L Slack, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and American Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA, Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Arlen D Meyers, MD, MBA is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, and American Head and Neck Society
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