Elective neck dissection versus "wait and watch" policy in tongue carcinoma

• Main Authors: Satish Kumaran Pugazhendi (Author), Lalitha Thambiah (Author), Anuradha Venkatasetty (Author), Vinod Thangaswamy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of elective neck dissection versus the "wait and watch" policy in the treatment of early squamous cell carcinoma of tongue. Materials and Methods: This is a retrospective study of 21 patients with surgical treatment between April 2009 and July 2011. The patien...