Head and neck cancer surgery: types of operations, possible complications, treatment

Modern medicine initiates an integrated approach to treating oncological pathologies of the patient’s head and neck. Therapy includes radiation exposure to the tumor, a chemotherapeutic procedure, and surgery to excise cancer. This allows you to maximize the effectiveness of cancer treatment in the terminal, advanced stage. At the initial phase of tumor formation, one method is allowed – surgical intervention.

To develop a patient recovery plan, doctors study the nature of the course of the disease, the presence of concomitant diseases, the dislocation of the pathological focus, the stage of the disease. Surgical treatment, combined with radiation and chemical therapy, can improve the operation’s effectiveness to eliminate relapse. Innovative approaches to the treatment of head and neck cancer include biological medicine and a gene approach.

Types of surgical operations for the treatment of neck and head cancer

According to the medical classification, there are five primary methods of surgical intervention for the treatment of brain and neck oncology: 

• Symptomatic surgical therapy;
• Rehabilitation technique;
• Cytoreductive approach;
• Therapeutic operation. It divided into three types: palliative, conditional radical, radical procedure;
• Diagnostic surgery. It is common in the treatment of juvenile cancer processes of the neck, head.

Therapeutic, surgical techniques for excising a solid neoplasm selected by the individual, biological characteristics of cancer. Doctors conduct detailed studies, analyzes. During the consultation, the optimal approach chosen.

Possible postoperative complications

Thanks to innovative technologies, specialists were able to minimize the likelihood of developing complications after surgery. In rare cases, it is possible:

• The development of paralysis, paresis in the sky due to the traumatic process;
• Osteomyelitis affecting the mandibular region;
• Damage to the facial nerve branch, affecting facial muscles;
• Fistulas in postoperative injuries.

Surgical treatment of head and neck cancer at Tel Aviv Medical Clinic

The leading clinic in Tel Aviv is a multidisciplinary, specialized medical institution in Israel with an excellent reputation. Experienced specialists of the highest category use unique, latest, high-tech equipment for the treatment of oncology. They have helped thousands of patients from all over the world get rid of severe illnesses forever.