A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering is a leading center for head and neck cancer surgery. Our highly trained head and neck surgeons place a strong emphasis on completely removing the cancer while preserving ...

The Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery has provided excellence in healthcare, education and research for over 50 years. As leaders and innovators in the otolaryngology ...

Cancer of the larynx sometimes spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery to remove lymph nodes from your neck is called a neck dissection. When you might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in ...

Scott Green, MD, of The Plastic Surgery Center in Sacramento. He explained the procedure and what to expect afterward, ...