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The number of cervical lymph nodes both in the anatomical level III (area between the centre of the inferior border of the hyoid bone [HB] and the inferior border of the cricoid cartilage [CC]) and SOHND level III (area between HB and the intersection of the omohyoid muscle and internal jugular vein [OM-IJ]) were recorded, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The rate of patients whose number of lymph nodes in level III was affected by the positional relationship between the OM-IJ and CC was almost equal in males and females. As for the patients with OM-IJ below the CC, the number of lymph nodes in SOHND level III increased from that of anatomical level III. Females showed significantly higher values than males (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.05). Meanwhile, for patients with OM-IJ at or above the CC, the number of lymph nodes in SOHND level III decreased from that of anatomical level III.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The number of dissected cervical lymph nodes differed between the SOHND dissection area and levels I, II, and III. 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