Abstract
Neck dissections for the en bloc removal of cervical lymph nodes come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The radical neck dissection is the standard procedure to which all other neck dissections are compared. It includes resection of the sternocleidomastoid muscle, the internal jugular vein, the spinal accessory nerve, and the lymph nodes from levels I to V. The goal of the surgical pathologist in evaluating these specimens is simply to identify the number of lymph nodes involved by tumor at each level.
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Westra, W.H., Phelps, T.H., Hruban, R.H., Isacson, C. (2003). Radical Neck Dissection. In: Surgical Pathology Dissection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21747-9_10
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