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Lead
Matthew Spector
With
Axogen Corporation
All patients will undergo neck dissection and the spinal accessory nerve wrapped with the Axoguard HA+ Nerve Protector. The Neck Dissection Impairment Index will be administered before surgery and 1 year after surgery and compared to historical controls. The NDII is on a 100 point scale with a higher score indicating a better shoulder function.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Previously untreated malignancy of the head and neck including primary mucosal, cutaneous, salivary gland, and thyroid cancers
Undergoing accessory-nerve sparing elective or therapeutic SND or MRND (involving level II and/or level V dissection)
18 years or older
Patients must give documented informed consent to participate in this study
You may not be if
Previous history of neck or shoulder surgery or radiation
Inadvertent injury to or intentional sacrifice of the accessory nerve at time of neck dissection
Medical contraindication to surgery under general anesthesia
