Background The efficacy of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection for
papillary thyroid carcinoma remains controversial. We performed a randomized controlled …

Background: The benefits of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection
(pCCND) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still under investigation. This treatment seems …

Background Cervical lymph node (LN) metastases are common in patients with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC), and they have a negative impact on recurrence. The management …

Background Although many patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) display
associated cervical lymph node metastases (LNM), the optimal extent of lymph node …

Background Although the role of prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection (CNLD) in
the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial, many surgeons perform …

Background To compare the “comprehensive”(including bilateral paratracheal, pretracheal,
prelaryngeal lymph nodes)(CCND) with “limited”(saving contralateral paratracheal lymph …

Background: The role of prophylactic central lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC) is controversial in patients who have no pre-or intraoperative evidence of …

Background The role of prophylactic central neck dissection in the management of papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. We report our experience of an observational …

Background Cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer are common.
Although central neck dissection is indicated in clinically nodal-positive disease, it remains …

BACKGROUND: Prophylactic central lymph node dissection with total thyroidectomy (TT) for
the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial because of the possibility of …