Question 269 · LDEK · Malignant tumors

One of postoperative complications of surgical treatment of tongue cancer by complete cervical lymphadenectomy is distorting the patient’s figure due to severing the nerve:

  1. A. facial.
  2. B. sublingual.
  3. C. vagus.
  4. D. glossopharyngeal.
  5. E. accessory.
Hint

Which nerve is sacrificed in classic radical neck dissection and supplies the trapezius muscle?

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