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selective neck dissection

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selective neck dissection
Surgical oncology A procedure for managing laryngeal CA, in which only the anatomic regions most likely
to contain cancer-laden lymph nodes are removed, thus ↓ tissue loss, ↓ co-morbidity. See Head and neck cancer. Cf Radical neck dissection.


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Following panendoscopy and biopsy, a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx was rendered, for which she underwent a total laryngectomy with a left modified radical neck dissection and a right selective neck dissection with a tracheal stoma.
The major morbidity associated with modified radical neck dissection and selective neck dissection is "shoulder syndrome," which is caused by surgical trauma to the SAN.
 
 
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