JAPANESE JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

Vol. 54 No. 5       2008

ISSN: 0021-5163      UBIC: 151-J

ABSTRACT

Radical neck dissection method systematized by Crile1 (1906) and establish and popularized by Martin et al. in ORL or oral surgery field. Radical neck dissction is most important treatment for head and neck cancer. But in fact, the method dissection modified by each cases such as the metastasis stage. For this reason, the anatomical knowledge especially head and neck region are very important to avoid the medical accident for QOL. In this time, the anatomical knowledge described again for neck region. Key words: radical neck dissection, head & neck, gross anatomy

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