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Descriptor
English
:
Neck Dissection
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Disección del Cuello
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Esvaziamento Cervical
Synonyms
English
:
Dissection, Neck
Dissection, Radical Neck
Dissections, Neck
Dissections, Radical Neck
Neck Dissection, Radical
Neck Dissections
Neck Dissections, Radical
Radical Neck Dissection
Radical Neck Dissections
Tree Number:
E04.446.318
E04.580.411
Definition
English
:
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.
History Note
English
:
2003; for RADICAL NECK DISSECTION use RADICAL NECK DISSECTION 1965-2002
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
RH
rehabilitation
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
12280
Unique Identifier:
D037981
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