Simultaneous Bilateral Neck Dissection
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Contralateral metastasis in head and neck cancer is concern with its dreaded disease. Questions arise frequently of performing contralateral neck dissection simultaneously or allow time to elapse before second neck dissection, in apprehension of safety. The procedure Simultaneous bilateral neck dissection (SNBD) is indicated for patients with bilateral cervical lymph node metastases so situated that a two stage radical neck dissection could not be done without cuffing through cancer tissue.
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Internal to external jugular vein bypass allowing for simultaneous bilateral radical neck dissection.
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