Abstract:This is a prospective study supported by 170 cases of epidermoid carcinoma of the larynx or hypopharynx, treated during the period from January of 1981 to January of 1988, at the Head and Neck Surgery Service of the Heli6polis Hospital Complex, Sao Paulo. The objective of this project was to evaluate the importance of surgeon experience with regard to the rates of post-operative complications and the rates of relapse and survival. The results of the 8 surgical specialists who integrate the permanent staff at t… Show more
“…This strongly suggests that such recurrences are more related to the biological aggressivity of the cancer or to the advanced pathological stage than to technical problems with SOH dissections (ie, missing microscopically involved lymph nodes). Carvalho et al 14 showed that the experience of the surgeon has a minor influence on the rates of neck recurrences in patients with laryngeal carcinoma submitted to type III modified neck dissections. There is no such information for SOH neck dissections; however, most authors emphasize, and we agree, that selective neck dissections are more difficult and should be performed by surgeons who have specific training and who perform head and neck surgery on a daily basis.…”
The incidence of neck recurrence after selective neck dissection was 4.5%, and it occurred either inside (57.1%) or beyond (42.9%) the limits of the selective neck dissection.
“…This strongly suggests that such recurrences are more related to the biological aggressivity of the cancer or to the advanced pathological stage than to technical problems with SOH dissections (ie, missing microscopically involved lymph nodes). Carvalho et al 14 showed that the experience of the surgeon has a minor influence on the rates of neck recurrences in patients with laryngeal carcinoma submitted to type III modified neck dissections. There is no such information for SOH neck dissections; however, most authors emphasize, and we agree, that selective neck dissections are more difficult and should be performed by surgeons who have specific training and who perform head and neck surgery on a daily basis.…”
The incidence of neck recurrence after selective neck dissection was 4.5%, and it occurred either inside (57.1%) or beyond (42.9%) the limits of the selective neck dissection.
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