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Preservation of neck dissection for histological study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. H. Rhys Evans ,
D. Morgan  and
Lesley Smallman
P. H. Rhys Evans*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
D. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Lesley Smallman
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham.
*
Mr. P. H. Rhys Evans, Head and Neck Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ.
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Abstract

Dissection of lymphatic nodes in the neck—whether radical or partial, functional or prophylactic—forms an integral part of the surgical management of cancer of the head and neck. Accurate orientation and fixation of the surgical specimen is a prerequisite for correct histopathological study of the extent of the disease and for a complete clinicopathological interpretation, which is of significant therapeutic and prognostic importance.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 8 , August 1987 , pp. 823 - 827
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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