Surgical management of neck metastases / edited by Jack L Gluckman, Jonas T Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gluckman, J. L. (Jack L.)

Johnson, Jonas T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neck--Tumors--Surgery.

Neck.

Metastasis.

Neck--physiopathology.

Neck--surgery.

Neoplasm Metastasis.

Neck--Tumors.

Medical Subjects:

Neck--physiopathology.

Neck--surgery.

Neoplasm Metastasis.

Physical Description:

viii, 173 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Neck metastases

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Martin Dunitz, 2003.

Summary:

Controversy persists in the management of cervical nodal metastases in patients with cancer of the head and neck. This textbook presents the reader with the current surgical 'state of the art', emphasizing areas of proven efficacy and established approaches, while also highlighting the newer, still experimental, techniques. With 90 colour and black-and-white photographs and commissioned drawings.

Contents:

1 Surgical anatomy / Tapan A Padya, Jack L Gluckman 1

2 Pathophysiology of nodal metastases and rationale for neck dissection / Susan A Eicher, Gary L Clayman 23

3 Evaluation of the neck / Karen T Pitman, Hugh D Curtin, Jonas T Johnson 35

4 Radical neck dissection / Jack L Gluckman 53

5 Modified radical neck dissection / Lyon L Gleich 59

6 Selective neck dissections / K Thomas Robbins 71

7 Extended neck dissections / Jesus E Medina, Greg Krempl 85

8 Complications of neck dissection / Mark Weissler 101

9 Controversies

management of advanced and recurrent cervical metastases / Karen T Pitman, Carl H Snyderman, Jonas T Johnson 129

10 Non-surgical management of metastases / William M Mendenhall, Scott P Stringer, Robert J Amdur, Nicholas J Cassisi 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1901865851

OCLC:

48468872