We can save not only lives, but also quality of life: submandibular gland-sparing neck dissection
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Questionable necessity to remove the submandibular gland in neck dissection.
Saliva is of major importance in taste, speech, swallowing, and protection against dental caries. Neck dissection surgery and/or radiotherapy may impair the function of the submandibular glands. Over the years, there has been a trend toward more conservative approaches to neck dissection. Metastasis to the submandibular gland itself is extremely rare and if removal of the lymph nodes of subleve...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0901-5027
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2017.02.414