Journal of surgical oncology
The Prognostic Significance of Elective Level 4 Neck Dissection in Oral Tongue Cancer.
Eyal Yosefof, Nofar Edri, Amit Ritter, Lior Gendlin, Yuval Avidor, Gideon Bachar, Thomas Shpitzer, Aviram Mizrachi
Published: 202610.1002/jso.70191
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Elective neck dissection (END) for oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC) typically involves level 4 due to potential metastases that may bypass levels 1-2. Our study challenges this notion and investigates the necessity of level 4…
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