Sentinel lymph node biopsy has become a valuable tool in the staging of head and neck MCC. A thorough preoperative discussion should be conducted with the patient regarding the logistics of the procedure and potential treatment options available. When situated on the head or neck, excision of the...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLN) is a well-accepted procedure for truncal and extremity melanoma (T&E). However, its role in melanoma of the head and neck (H&N) remains controversial. Complex lymphatic and vascular drainage make SLN more challenging in this region. This study was done to ...
R.B., YatesV., ViarJ.A., SosmanYates RB, Viar V, Sosman JA, Kelley MC. Parotid sentinel lymph node biopsy: A safe and effective staging procedure for melanoma of the head and neck. Presented at the Society for Melanoma Research, 2010....
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an accurate staging procedure for malignant melanoma but its use in patients with melanoma of the head and neck has been questioned in the past because of a perceived record of poor safety and accuracy. Technical improvements have sought to redress this. Vit...
Sentinel Lymph NodeThyroid CarcinomaLateral Neck DissectionIntroduction: The surgical management of lateral lymph nodes in differentiated thyroid carcinoma is controversies. Therefore, we analyzed whether sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) biopsy of the first draining nodes in the jugulo-carotid chain is an ...
It further emphasizes that Kovacs' conclusion that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) reflected the accuracy of the clinical and radiological staging methods, and the ideal diagnostic prerequisite for SNB is not yet found' is quite similar to ours, namely the 'better the staging methods are in ...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy using preoperative computed tomographic lymphography and intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence imaging in patients with localized tongue cancer. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019;145(8):735-740. doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.1243PubMedGoogle ScholarCross...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is capable to detect regional occult lymph node metastases at an early stage of malignant melanoma (MM). The value and reliability of SLNB as a staging procedure in MM of the limbs and trunk with a thickness of 1 mm or more have been determined conclusivel...
Our goals was to evaluate how sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) benefit neck management in patients with parotid cancer. Patients diagnosed with cN0 parotid cancer by preoperative fine needle puncture were prospectively enrolled. The neck status was evaluated by SLNB. If node metastasis was proved ...
O.397 Sentinel lymph node biopsy in head and neck malignant melanomaHumansMelanomaHead and Neck NeoplasmsNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalSentinel Lymph Node BiopsyTreatment OutcomeSurvival RateCohort StudiesNeck DissectionAdolescentThe purpose of this study is to evaluate prognosis and surgical management of head ...