Technique of preserving the spinal accessory nerve during radical neck dissection

1 May 1979

journal article
Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope

Vol. 89 (5) , 827-831
https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-197905000-00022

Abstract

Preserving the spinal accessory nerve during radical neck dissection eliminates shoulder disability and does not compromise the incidence of neck recurrence in properly selected cases. The literature and standard textbooks only superficially refer to the method dissecting this nerve. We describe our technique of preserving the spinal accessory nerve during radical neck dissection.

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