Gillies Hospital and Clinics
160 Gillies Avenue
Epsom
Auckland
Gillies Hospital and Clinics
160 Gillies Avenue
Epsom
Auckland
PO Box 99018
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Phone (09) 631 1948
Fax (09) 630 8167
Mobile (0272) 970 971
Email john@thyroid.co.nz
Healthlink EDI: headnnek
www.thyroid.co.nz
www.nosesurgery.co.nz
All lymph nodes (bean-shaped glands that filter harmful agents picked up by the lymphatic system) from the collar bone to the jaw and from the front of the neck to the back are removed, along with the sternocleidomastoid muscle (moves the head from side to side), the spinal accessory nerve (involved in speech, swallowing and some head movements), the submandibular gland (one of the salivary glands) and the internal jugular vein.
Watch the Youtube videos below of a modified radical neck dissection.
Part 1:
Part 2:
https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/private/ent-head-neck-surgery/mr-john-chaplin-thyroid-and-head-neck-surgeon/