Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and selective cervical lymphadenectomy for early-stage melanomas of the head and neck.
Abstract
We developed intraoperative lymphatic mapping with selective lymphadenectomy (SLND) to identify micrometastatic spread of cutaneous melanoma to regional lymph nodes. This study was undertaken to assess the sensitivity and specificity of our technique in patients with clinical stage I (CS-I) melanoma of the head or neck.