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Pain, quality of life, and spinal accessory nerve status after neck dissection.

Laryngoscope

April 2000

Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Michigan 48109-0312, USA.

Objective: To assess quality of life (QOL) in patients with head and neck cancer who underwent neck dissection and to compare QOL scores for patients in whom the spinal accessory nerve (CN XI) was resected or preserved. SETTING AND DESIGN AND OUTCOMES MEASURES: Three hundred ninety-seven patients who had undergone treatment for head and neck cancer completed the University of Michigan Head and Neck Quality of Life (HNQOL) instrument, the Medical Outcomes Study SF-12 General Health Survey, and questions on "pain despite pain medications" and headaches.

Results: Of the 397 patients, 222 had no neck dissection, 46 had neck dissections resecting CN XI, and 129 had dissection sparing CN XI.

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