Neck Dissections – An Adelaide Perspective

In Head and Neck malignancy, neck dissection provides the best prognostic information for the patient who has no disease in the neck but a high suspicion of cervical metastases from an upper aero digestive tract primary malignancy. The operation addresses the most significant prognostic factor in management of head and neck malignancy. This is because, metastatic disease of the neck, is the single most significant factor determining outcome as it can reduce survival by fifty percent.