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Table 6 Overall results (irrespective of site of primary tumor)

From: Neck dissections: radical to conservative

Nodal status

Neck dissection

Neck failure

N+

RND

10% – 22%

 

MRND type I

4.8% – 26%

N1

RND

8% – 15%

 

MRND type I

0 – 16%

N2

RND

12% – 26%

 

MRND type I

15% – 25%

N3

RND

21%

  1. RND: radical neck dissection; MRND: modified radical neck dissection