… Prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) at the time of total thyroidectomy (TT) remains
controversial in clinically node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This …

… Some surgeons use “pretracheal central neck dissection” as a prophylactic CND procedure
… It is, therefore, postulated that a small number of dissected LNs might increase the false-…

… In Italy, there were almost 15,300 new cases of thyroid cancer … procedure were performed
by two surgery units (Perugia and Cagliari University). All the procedures in each single center …

… tumor recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma [2]. To eradicate metastatic disease, therapeutic
central compartment neck dissections (… papillary thyroid carcinoma, insisting that there is …

… It accounts for about 80-85% of all cases of thyroid cancer. … lymph nodes, prophylactic central
lymph node dissection may be a logical procedure to reduce the risk of postoperative tumor …

… All procedures were performed by experienced endocrine surgeons in the same large-… It
is possible that this study underestimated the incidence of hypoparathyroidism and, as such, …

… Lateral lymph node dissection is performed only if there is … found in patients with ≥2 positive
central lymph nodes [13–15]. … that the number of positive central lymph nodes had a positive …

… histologic subtype of thyroid cancer, accounting for 90% of new cases, and it has the best …
SEER routinely collects information on procedures for removal, biopsy, or aspiration of …

… , it is a common experience that surgery involving the central … It is conceivable that the
percentage of hypoparathyroidism … gland transplantation procedure (28); however in our center, …

… morbidity that accompany such a procedure. Actually, the … with papillary thyroid cancer and
negative central lymph node … lymph nodes via ultrasound and their prophylactic dissection[…