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Table 1 Indications for neck dissection in each case

From: Use of neuromuscular blockade for neck dissection and association with iatrogenic nerve injury

 

n = 925 cases

Cutaneous Melanoma

315 (34.1)

Cutaneous Non-Melanoma

266 (28.8)

Mucosal SCCa

161 (17.4)

Salivary Malignancyb

74 (8.0)

Thyroid Malignancy

61 (6.6)

Unknown Primary

18 (1.9)

Otherc

18 (1.9)

Distant Metastasesd

12 (1.3)

  1. SCC Squamous cell carcinoma
  2. aIncludes sinonasal, oral cavity, oropharynx, and larynx subsites
  3. bIncludes major and minor salivary gland subsites
  4. cIncludes branchial cleft abnormalities, lymphovascular malformations
  5. dIncludes distant metastases from renal, colon, lung, and breast primaries