Extended Radical Neck Dissection

Shoulder function after radical neck dissection.

Bilateral Chylothorax: A Rare Complication following Radical Neck Dissection

Bilateral chylothorax as a complication of neck dissection is very rare with only 29 cases reported in the English literature. We present our case and review the anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical features and management.

Modificiation of infrahyoid neuromyocutaneous flap with radical neck dissection.

INTRODUCTION Understanding technique of flap surgery allow uncompromising tumor resection and operation of tumors previously considered inoperable. Infrahyoid neuro-myocutaneous flap (IHNMCF) is pedicled flap harvested from the anterior part of the neck. IHNMCF is a good solution for the moderated sized defects of the head and neck below the zygomatic arch. The objective of this article was to ...

Bilateral radical neck dissection with unilateral internal jugular vein reconstruction.

OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate the functional and oncologic results of one internal jugular vein replacement after bilateral radical neck dissection (RND). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective historical cohort study. METHODS Since 1972 all patients (n = 9) undergoing bilateral RND with resection of both internal jugular veins had a reconstruction of one internal jugular vein. In six cases the ...

Lateral Cervical Flap a Good Access for Radical Neck Dissection

An important and vital area of the head &neck entail the coverage of defects throughout the head and neck area. These defects usually covered by flaps, during the last 6 decades since the introduction of tube pedicle flap till the early sixty of the last century (Macgregor 1960) advocated his temporal fascial flap for coverage of intra oral defect after radical cancer surgey, this flap was a gr...