Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Dr. Laura Santambrogio

Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck may interfere with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage from the brain, contributing to cognitive impairment, according to new multicenter research led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

The paper, published Sept. 29 in Neuron, found that patients with head and neck cancer undergoing cervical lymphadenectomy, a procedure to...

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Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck may interfere with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage from the brain, contributing to cognitive impairment, according to new multicenter research led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

The paper, published Sept. 29 in Neuron, found that patients with head and neck cancer undergoing cervical lymphadenectomy, a procedure to...

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