… The role of routine central lymph node dissection (CLND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of routine CLND after …

… lymph node (LN) recurrence in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients underwent thyroidectomy
and neck dissection … in previously dissected or undissected compartment of the neck. …

… The 67% incidence of occult LN metastasis in this series once again supports the idea that
papillary thyroid cancer is endowed with the predilection of spread by lymphatic route. The …

… Exclusion criteria were: poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma, incidental diagnosis of
PTC, one-stage lymph node dissection based on therapeutic intent, distant metastasis at …

… lymph-node dissection (LND) influences the lymph-node recurrence (LNR) risk in patients
with papillary thyroid cancer … of macroscopic and microscopic lymph-node involvement at …

… micrometastatic disease in patients with papillary thyroid cancer staged preoperatively and
… Is central neck dissection a safe procedure in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer? Our …

… Pathological assessment of neck dissection specimens revealed … neck dissection were
positive for PTC in the lymph nodes. Of the 635 patients who underwent elective neck dissection, …

… papillary thyroid cancer. CLND central lymph node dissection, LLND lateral lymph node
dissection, PTC papillary thyroid cancer, NED no evidence of disease, Tg thyroglobulin …

… LNM is commonly found at operation for papillary thyroid cancer but the exact incidence
depends on patient selection, the extent of surgery and technique of lymph node dissection. …

… Similarly, we did not routinely dissect the higher jugular lymph nodes (IIA) unless there was
obvious involvement of level III, perhaps therefore missing nodal disease at higher levels. …