Scientific Research Launch Project for new employees of the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University; Youth Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province [2021JJ40877]; China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2023M732285]
机构署名：
本校为其他机构
院系归属：
医学院
第一中医临床学院
摘要：
OBJECTIVES: Statistics on the rate of unconventional lymph node metastases (ULNM) at the time of one-stage radical surgery in tongue cancer patients. To assess whether an extended neck dissection group with additional removal of ULNs has a lower rate of neck recurrence compared to the traditional neck dissection group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 336 patients with TSCC who underwent radical surgery were recruited and underwent traditional or extended neck dissection. Compared to traditional neck dissection, the aim of extended neck dissec...
