Selective Neck Dissection of Cervical Lymph Nodes

Preferred Label : Selective Neck Dissection of Cervical Lymph Nodes;

NCIt definition : A surgical procedure in which the fibrofatty contents of the neck are removed in patients with clinically negative nodal disease in which there is a high risk of occult metastases.;

Details

Origin ID

C51786;

UMLS CUI

C0398397;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Selective neck dissection of cervical lymph nodes (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Selective neck dissection [MedDRA LLT]
- Selective neck dissection of cervical lymph nodes (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
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- Cervical Lymph Node [NCIt concept]
- Lymph Node [NCIt concept]
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- Head and Neck [NCIt concept]
- Neck [NCIt concept]

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