Early stage of oral cancer role of sentinel node, so that neck dissection and its releated complications avoided
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C148- Malignant neoplasm of overlappingsites of lip, oral cavity and pharynx
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/055006
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS Bhubaneswar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Histopathologically proven oral squamous cell carcinoma undergoing neck dissection
-Patients with clinical stage T1-T2, N0
Willing to give informed consent to participate in the study.
-Age more than 18 years
Exclusion Criteria
-Locally advanced oral cancer
-Patients undergoing redo neck dissection.
-Patients with history of prior neck irradiation/ neck surgery.
-Pregnant and lactating patients.
-Allergy to sentinel dye
-Patient undergoing neoadjuvant therapy
-Patients with history of excision of primary oral lesion
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Identification rate of lymphnodes.Timepoint: 3 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method False negative rate of sentinel lymphnode biopsyTimepoint: 3 weeks