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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Neck Dissection
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Disección del Cuello
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Esvaziamento Cervical
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Synonyms English:
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Radical Neck Dissection
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Tree Number:
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E04.446.318
E04.580.411
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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2003; for RADICAL NECK DISSECTION use RADICAL NECK DISSECTION 1965-2002
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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12280
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Unique Identifier:
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D037981
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