"Neck Dissection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D037981
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.446.318 E04.580.411
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| Concept/Terms |
Neck Dissection- Neck Dissection
- Dissection, Neck
- Dissections, Neck
- Neck Dissections
Radical Neck Dissection- Radical Neck Dissection
- Dissection, Radical Neck
- Dissections, Radical Neck
- Neck Dissection, Radical
- Neck Dissections, Radical
- Radical Neck Dissections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neck Dissection" by people in Profiles.
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Reply to Letter to the Editor regarding "Occult nodal metastasis rate in salivary malignancies". Head Neck. 2022 07; 44(7):1749-1750.
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Elective neck dissection in salivary gland malignancies: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Head Neck. 2022 02; 44(2):505-517.
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Microscopic Extranodal Extension in HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer and the Role of Adjuvant Chemoradiation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 10; 165(4):536-549.
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Endocrine Mucin-Producing Sweat Gland Carcinoma of the Eyelid With Locoregional Metastasis to the Parotid Gland. Dermatol Surg. 2020 08; 46(8):1116-1118.
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Outcomes in surgically resectable oropharynx cancer treated with transoral robotic surgery versus definitive chemoradiation. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 Sep - Oct; 40(5):673-677.
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Metastatic Salivary Ductal Carcinoma to the Mastoid Segment of the Facial Nerve. Otol Neurotol. 2018 09; 39(8):e722-e725.
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Preoperative predictors of occult nodal disease in cT1N0 oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma: Review of 2623 cases. Head Neck. 2018 09; 40(9):1967-1976.
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Oncologic outcomes of extended neck dissections in human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2018 05; 40(5):955-962.
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Effect of time to initiation of postoperative radiation therapy on survival in surgically managed head and neck cancer. Cancer. 2017 Dec 15; 123(24):4841-4850.
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Minimum lymph node yield in elective level I-III neck dissection. Laryngoscope. 2017 09; 127(9):2070-2073.