Neck Dissection
| Medical Definition: |
Dissection in the neck to remove all disease tissues including cervical LYMPH NODES and to leave an adequate margin of normal tissue. This type of surgery is usually used in tumors or cervical metastases in the head and neck. The prototype of neck dissection is the radical neck dissection described by Crile in 1906. |
| Guide Notes: |
usually for cancer; do not use /util except by MeSH definition |
| Also Called: |
Radical Neck Dissection |
| Previously Indexed: |
Lymph Node Dissection (1966-2002),Radical Neck Dissection (1965-2002) |
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