… Many systematic reviews have been published concerning prophylactic central neck dissection
in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma, finding inconsistent results regarding the risk of …

… All the patients had cN0 clinically unifocal PTC and underwent total thyroidectomy and
bilateral prophylactic central neck dissection. Risk factors for occult CNM in micro- and macro-…

… In this single-center prospective cohort study, 143 patients who underwent TT with central
neck dissection with or without lateral neck dissection for PTC were included. Biochemical …

… The central neck locoregional recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) varies from 0% …
Prophylactic CCND (pCCND) is performed as a central neck dissection, while both …

… However, current literature has a paucity of patients with malignant thyroid disease, and …
the incidence of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), particularly papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (…

… central neck dissection must be performed in clinically node-negative papillary thyroid
carcinoma … have shown that prophylactic central neck dissection might improve disease-specific …

… Despite the fact that lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is seen quite
frequently (27), there is a paucity of literature in regards to detailed surgical guidelines for …

… of central neck dissection is discussed, the procedure performed on the side of the tumor in
… small-size papillary thyroid cancer, particularly in cases without extra-thyroidal extension. …

ELECTIVE OR PROPHYLACTIC DISSECTION OF LYMPH NODES in the central neck
compartment (level VI) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) remains controversial, …

… central neck dissection (pCND) [6], [7]. There is consensus that therapeutic central neck
dissection … ) have important prognostic values for thyroid cancer. We hypothesized that CLNM …