Evolution in Head and Neck Surgery
March 9th, 2010
Head and neck surgery is a diverse regional subspecialty, whose central focus is treatment of oncologic disorders of the neck. “Neck dissection is relevant to treatment of such disorders as squamous cell cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, tongue cancer, laryngeal cancer, thyroid cancer, salivary gland cancer, and skin cancers of the head/neck region, including melanoma,” explained William I. Kuhel, MD, the Director of the Head and Neck Service, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, at newyork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, and Associate Professor of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical School.
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