Efficacy of Submandibular Gland Excision Versus Preservation During Supraomohyoid Neck Dissection for T1, T2, and N0 Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Ranjit Karnati, Sabyasachi Parida, Saroj R Sahoo, Amaresh Mishra, Bandita Panda, Varsha Madhavnarayan Totadri, Subrat Mohanty · 2024
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Seven surgeons in India ran a small trial on whether a saliva gland can be spared during neck surgery for early mouth cancer, in work published in 2024. The surgery clears lymph nodes near the jaw, and the gland often comes out with them. Losing the gland can leave the mouth dry. The team compared twenty patients, some with the gland removed and some with it kept.
Keeping the gland made the operation a bit longer and raised blood loss by a small amount. The number of nodes found near the gland was the same in both groups, which eased fears about missed cancer. Dry mouth scores did not differ between groups in the first four weeks. No cancer came back in the glands that were kept, so the authors call sparing the gland a sound choice in early cases.
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| CREATOR | Ranjit Karnati, Sabyasachi Parida, Saroj R Sahoo, Amaresh Mishra, Bandita Panda, Varsha Madhavnarayan Totadri, Subrat Mohanty |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |