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NCI: A surgical procedure in which all the ipsilateral cervical lymph node groups of the neck, internal jugular vein, sternocleidomastoid muscle, spinal accessory nerve, and submandibular gland are removed.,MSH: A surgical operation for head and neck malignancies, most of which are squamous cell carcinomas. The neck is opened laterally, the majority of the sternocleidomastoid muscle is removed, as are the regional cervical lymph nodes, the jugular vein, the spinal accessory nerve, the submaxillary gland and most of the parotid gland. There are several modifications. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992, p605)