Consensus Statement on the Classification and Terminology of Neck Dissection

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Authors

K. Thomas Robbins · Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

Ashok R. Shaha · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Jesús E. Medina · University of Oklahoma

Joseph A. Califano · Johns Hopkins University

Gregory T. Wolf · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Alfio Ferlito · University of Udine

Peter M. Som

Abstract

Standardization of terminology for neck dissection is important for communication among clinicians and researchers. New recommendations have been made regarding the following: boundaries between levels I and II and between levels III/IV and VI; terminology of the superior mediastinal nodes; and the method of submitting surgical specimens for pathologic analysis.

Topics & Keywords

Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Head and Neck Cancer Studies Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volume 134, Issue 5, pp. 536-536

DOI: 10.1001/archotol.134.5.536

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