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Our study investigates ND utilization and associated differences in overall survival (OS) among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) undergoing adjuvant immunotherapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The 2013\u20132018 National Cancer Database was retrospectively reviewed for patients with HNC undergoing surgery with curative intent, and adjuvant immunotherapy. Multivariable binary logistic and Cox regression models adjusted for patient demographics, clinicopathologic features, and treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 1335 patients satisfying inclusion criteria, 679 (50.9%) patients underwent ND: 94 (13.8%) had pN0, 109 (16.1%) had pN1, 411 (60.5%) had pN2, 60 (8.8%) had pN3, and 5 (0.7%) had pNx classification. On multivariable binary logistic regression, academic treatment facility, cT4, and cN1\u20133 classification were associated with higher odds of undergoing ND (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05); salivary, sinonasal, oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal primary sites were associated with decreased odds (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Compared with those undergoing neck observation, patients undergoing ND had worse OS (49.4% vs. 61.5%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) on Kaplan\u2013Meier but not multivariable Cox (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.82\u20131.24, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.968) regression. 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ND was not associated with worse OS, possibly related to the high rate of pN1\u20133 classification.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Level of Evidence<\/jats:title><jats:p>4<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/lio2.70120","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,18]],"date-time":"2025-03-18T13:05:03Z","timestamp":1742303103000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Neck Dissection and Survival Among Head and Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Immunotherapy"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0794-041X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aman M.","family":"Patel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology\u2013Head and Neck Surgery Rutgers New Jersey Medical School  Newark 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