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A safe and rapid technique for modified neck dissection.

J E Woods·P Yugueros
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Abstract

The technique of modified neck dissection presented here, by the very limited anatomic area it addresses of necessity shares aspects of techniques described by other authors. Developed over many years of teaching residents, it provides, if carefully followed, a simple, safe, and relatively rapid method of carrying out the procedure, having been used by the senior author and his residents in scores of patients both at our institution and in many overseas operations under rather primitive conditions without modification. It is not a new way of doing the procedure, but rather a combination of some of the simplest approaches and aspects which may be especially helpful to those without wide experience.

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J E Woods, P Yugueros. 1999. A safe and rapid technique for modified neck dissection.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00000637-199907000-00015

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