The effect of smoking, drinking and smoking cessation on morbidity and mortality in oral cancer

Abstract

Methods: We look at recent neck dissections performed n our unit, using the same type of skin incision. Patients ere photographed by our medical illustration department nd questionnaires were posted out to both, patients and a roup of randomly selected individuals to rate the scars from he neck wounds. Results and discussion: Since Criles’s description of the adical neck dissection, numerous alternative incisions for eck dissections have been described. Most surgeons develop preference for a particular incision, their choice being influnced by access, morbidity, complications and aesthetics. We eview an incision routinely used in our unit, which fulfills ll the above criteria and demonstrates that aesthetics does ot compromise the nodal harvest.