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.

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M0413981

Previous indexing

Lymph Node Dissection (1966-2002); Radical Neck Dissection (1965-2002)

History note

2003; for RADICAL NECK DISSECTION use RADICAL NECK DISSECTION 1965-2002

Public note

2003; for RADICAL NECK DISSECTION see RADICAL NECK DISSECTION 1965-2002