Preservation of spinal accessory nerve during radical neck dissection
β Scribed by Ajith Nilakantan
- Book ID
- 117513876
- Publisher
- Armed Forces Medical Services, India
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 916 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-1237
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract A new technique is described that preserves trapezius muscle function in radical neck surgery while cutting that part of the spinal accessory nerve which courses through the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The technique takes advantage of the littleβknown fact that, in humans, the trapezius
## Abstract In contrast to the original neck dissection technique, the spinal accessory nerve is routinely sacrificed in the soβcalled classical neck dissection. The benefit of this routine has never been documented; on the contrary, facts have accumulated that indicate that the nerve should be pre