The treatment of tongue squamous cell with N0
Wang, X.; Tu, G.; Tang, P.
Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 35(1): 12-14
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1002-0098 PMID: 11831953 Document Number: 525734
To evaluate the validity of selective surgery for the N(0) neck in squamous cell carcinoma of the mobile tongue. 116 patients with N(0) neck of the mobile tongue cancer who underwent comprehensive RND and 5 patients who had a selective RND were reviewed retrospectively. According to the suggestion of division of neck level, 7 patients had metastasis at level I; 21, level II; 10, level III, 1 case for level IV or V each. There were 5 cases with level III involvement as a first echelon of metastasis which was peculiar for the neck metastasis of mobile tongue. For N(0) neck of the mobile tongue cancer, a neck dissection of level I-III or level I-IV is more than enough.