Head and Neck Surgery in Crisis

A meta-analysis of the randomized controlled trials on elective neck dissection versus therapeutic neck dissection in oral cavity cancers with clinically node-negative neck

“…However, a few retrospective studies have reported on the survival benefit of elective neck dissection in oral carcinoma with clinical N0 neck [37,62,76,94]. It has also been reported that the survival rate of patients with oral carcinomas will reduce by 50% once there is a palpable cervical lymph node [42,52,87,132]. In this meta-analysis, it was found out that elective neck dissection in oral carcinoma with N0 neck can significantly reduce diseasespecific death rate and neck node recurrences.…”

Loss of Fhit Expression in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Its Potential Clinical Implication

“…Survival duration was calculated from the date of surgery to relapse or death. Fisher's exact test or 2 test was used to analyze the association between two categorical variables. All of the tests were two-sided.…”

Thyroid Surgery: Whose Domain Is It?

“…In the former, the members consisted mainly of general surgeons with a special training in surgical oncology and head and neck surgery, and, in the latter, of otolaryngologists with special interest and training in head and neck surgery. In 1998, these two societies merged, as their goals, aims and missions were the same [13].…”