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RADICAL NECK DISSECTION [1 record]

Record 1 2005-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A surgical procedure involving the removal of a tumor from the neck with an additional margin of normal tissue of at least 2 cm together with the removal of the lymph nodes from the neck.

OBS

A radical neck dissection removes the most tissue. It is done when the cancer has spread widely in the neck. A modified neck dissection removes less tissue, and a selective neck dissection even less.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Dissection de tous les nodules se trouvant dans le cou.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Tratamiento que consiste en la disección y extirpación de todos los ganglios linfáticos y tejidos extirpables bajo la piel del cuello.

OBS

Este es un tratamiento para evitar la diseminación de tumores malignos de la cabeza y del cuello que aún son susceptibles de ser controlados.

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