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[en] The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node draining the tumour. Aim of the study: To determine the negative predictive value of the SLN in the NO or NI squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) of the oral cavity or the oropharynx. Materials and method: SLN localization firstly requires a lymphoscintigraphy which is realised after four injections of radiolabelled colloids around the tumour. This scintigraphy allows a cutaneous marking of the SLN. Per operative detection of the SLN is performed with a detection probe. Results: One or more SLN have been localized in 20 of the 21 patients. No SLN was found in one patient whose tumour was a recurrence. (T2 NO MO) of a SCC of the oropharynx irradiated 3 years before. The failure rate of the method is 4,8% (1 false negative in 21 patients) and the false negative rate is 12,5% (1 false negative in 8 positive patients). This false negative patient had a T3 NO MO SCC of the oropharynx with a SLN found in level III, deep lateral cervical group. The neck dissection revealed one positive node in level lb, submandibular group, and 27 other nodes, all negative. The probability for the whole neck dissection to be negative when the SLN is negative (negative predictive value), is 92,3% (12/13) in our study. Conclusion: Our patient population is too small to obtain statistically significant conclusions. A maximum of 2 % of false negative patients is necessary to apply this method and avoid complete neck dissection in NO and NI tumours of the the oral cavity and the oropharynx with a negative SLN. (author)