Canadian Medical Guide > Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment > Surgical Procedures, Operative > Lymph Node Excision Terms and Definitions
Lymph Node Excision
Medical Definition: | Surgical excision of one or more lymph nodes. Its most common use is in cancer surgery. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p966) |
Guide Notes: | coord IM with site of lymph nodes (NIM) but RADICAL NECK DISSECTION is available; do not use /util except by MeSH definition |
Also Called: | Lymph Node Dissection |
Neck Dissection - 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. |
Lymph Node Excision Medical Definitions and Terms
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