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Review
. 2020 Jun 25;5(4):672-676.
doi: 10.1002/lio2.421. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Indications and outcomes of superselective neck dissection: A review and analysis of the literature

Avanti Verma  1 , Amy Y Chen  1
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Review

Indications and outcomes of superselective neck dissection: A review and analysis of the literature

Avanti Verma et al. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. .

Abstract

Superselective neck dissection, defined as dissection of two or less contiguous neck levels, has recently been introduced to reduce surgical morbidity of neck dissection while maintaining favorable oncologic outcomes. The purpose of this review is to report the results of superselective neck dissection when applied to specific settings: the management of regional disease after chemoradiation, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with clinical N0 necks, and high risk papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Keywords: chemotherapy; head and neck; superselective neck dissection; super‐selective neck dissection.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The literature search results of the Medline database for superselective and super‐selective neck dissection presented with the number and explanation of excluded articles. †These articles discussed superselective intra‐arterial chemotherapy, superselective embolization, selective neck dissection, and sentinel lymph node biopsy
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