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Table 2 Post-operative pathological exam of the specimen and pathology of dissected neck nodes

From: Evaluation of level I neck nodes involvement in advanced malignancy of the larynx and the hypopharynx

 

Frequency (n=30)

Percentage

Pathology of tumor specimen

 Laryngeal cartilage invaded

10

33.3

 No laryngeal cartilage invasion

20

66.7

Differentiation

 Well

1

3.3

 Moderate

21

70.0

 Poor

8

26.7

Pathology of submandibular gland

 Free

30

100.0

LN level I pathology

 Free

30

100.0

Pathology of other neck levels

 +VE

10

33.3

 Free

20

66.7