The COMMANDO Operation or COMMANDO Procedure (COMbined MANDibulectomy and Neck Dissection Operation) is a complicated operation for 1st degree malignancy of the tongue. It comprises glossectomy (total removal of the tongue) and hemimandibulectomy together with block dissection of the cervical nodes. The operation is so named because of its extensi...
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Synonym for commando procedure ... An operation for malignant tumours of the floor of the oral cavity, involving resection of portions of the mandible in continuity with the oral lesion and radical neck dissection. ... Synonym: commando operation. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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an operation for management of oral cancer, consisting in resection of the primary lesion and the regional lymphatic nodes.
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Type: Term Synonyms: commando procedure
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