Table 1.
Surgical management of neck by pathological node status.
| pN0 | pN1 | pN2a | pN2b | pN2c | pN3 | Total | Percentage | |
| Level I Clearance* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| SOHND | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 29.3 |
| MND | 21 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 50.6 |
| RND | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| B/L SOHND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
| I/L MND C/L SOHND | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| B/L MND | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.6 |
| I/L MND C/L SOHND | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 |
SOHND – Supra omohyoid neck dissection; MND – Modified neck dissection; RND – Radical neck dissection; B/L – Bilateral; I/L – Ipsilateral; C/L-Contralateral. * patient had a cardiac arrest during surgery and the procedure was abandoned, this patient went on to develop neck node recurrence and was successfully salvaged by second surgery.