Open AccessNecessity of Intraoperative Level IIA Lymph Node Dissection in Patients with Carotid Body Tumors: A Retrospective Study of 126 Cases
Author(s) -
Heng Ma,
Minghui Wei,
Xiaolei Wang,
Huerman Bahetibieke,
Liu Wan,
Xiaoliang Wang,
Jiaomei Zeng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.481
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1423-0275
pISSN - 0301-1569
DOI - 10.1159/000519046
Subject(s) - medicine , lymph node , dissection (medical) , lymph , malignancy , pathological , retrospective cohort study , metastasis , surgery , radiology , pathology , cancer
Carotid body tumors (CBTs) are relatively uncommon neoplasms that rarely have malignant potential. However, malignant CBTs (MCBTs) are still associated with a poor prognosis and the treatment is still challenging clinically. Therefore, we evaluated the necessity of intraoperative level IIA lymph node dissection in patients with CBT.