… As far as delayed secondary dissections, I have a fairly extensive experience with reoperative
central neck dissection, and I think the morbidity is certainly higher. It is certainly a more …

… generally migrates from the central (level VI) to the lateral compartment (levels II–V), a
growing number of surgeons are performing routine prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) …

… Introduction: The management of inferior parathyroid glands during central neck dissection
(CND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains controversial. Most surgeons preserve …

… deaths from this cancer for 2012 (Howlader et al. 2011). The most common type of thyroid
cancer is papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), accounting for 80–90% of all thyroid malignancies (…

Background Lymph node yield (LNY) was implemented in the stratification of papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC) patients. The effect of LNY may be related to the extent of surgery. This study …

… with simultaneous total thyroidectomy and bilateral central neck (level VI) dissection or as
a reoperative surgery after previous total thyroidectomy with or without central neck dissection …

… Head and Neck Society published a consensus report on the classification and terminology
of central neck dissection (CND) in thyroid cancer (Fig. 1b). This report stated that the …

… node-negative differentiated thyroid cancer patients, to … bilateral or ipsilateral central neck
dissection compared with those … with concomitant ipsilateral central neck dissection (group B)…

… The role of prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) in the management of papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. This study reports outcomes of an observational …

… oral calcium and vitamin D supplementation may prevent hypocalcemic crisis, but its efficacy
has not been studied in patients undergoing thyroidectomy plus central neck dissection (…