Book Review: Neck Dissection

Abstract

Neck Dissection is a comprehensive text that reviews the preoperative workup and anatomy, surgical considerations and techniques, and postoperative recovery and rehabilitation of patients undergoing neck dissections. There are a total of 28 chapters that cover the assessment of cervical lymphadenopathy and anatomy as well as surgical techniques of the neck dissections of all levels and indications for each surgery. This text also covers adjuvant treatment considerations as well as novel techniques such as sentinel node dissection and robotic neck dissection. Each chapter is clearly outlined with nice flow of content and high-quality intraoperative photos highlighting anatomical landmarks as well as clear illustrations and tables that expertly supplement the text. Furthermore, each chapter ends with a comprehensive list of citations as an additional resource to the reader. This text is a wonderful resource for head and neck surgeons at all levels of training. It provides a thorough review of the anatomy with both illustrations and intraoperative photos that nicely bridge textbook learning with hands-on experience. The subject matter is a good combination of practical clinical knowledge and academic evidence-based literature, which is presented in a manner that makes it easy to digest. This text will serve as a nice adjunct to other anatomy texts and surgical atlases. 842086 AORXXX10.1177/0003489419842086Annals of Otology, Rhinology & LaryngologyBook Review book-review2019