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The unilateral hockey-stick incision for neck dissection in oral carcinoma. Technical note
K W Grätz1, P E Haers, H F Sailer
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
In 42 patients, a hockey-stick incision was used as standard approach in unilateral neck dissection. This approach permits a good overview of all structures in the neck and allows en bloc resection with intraoral tumor removal. The incision does not interfere with simultaneous reconstruction by pedicled or free flaps, and results in a scar which is barely visible and easily covered.