Clinical Study
Regional Failures after Selective Neck Dissection in Previously Untreated Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Cavity
Table 3
Comparison of old and proposed classification.
| | Selective neck dissection | Proposed classification | | | Number (%) | Percent (%) | | Number | Percent (%) |
| | Level I–III | 35 () | 16 | ND (I–III) | 35 | 16 | | Level I–IV | 184 () | 84 | ND (I–IV) | 151 | 69 | | | | | ND (I–IV, IJV, CN XI) | 2 | 1 | | | | | ND (I–IV, IJV) | 29 | 13 | | | | | ND (I–IV, CN XI) | 2 | 1 |
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ND: neck dissection, IJV: internal jugular vein, and CN XI: accessory nerve.
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