… Patients (Age ≥16) with differentiated papillary thyroid cancer were … lymph node dissection
(CLND) between 2010 and 2018. Patients with known distant or locoregional lymph node …

… lymph node metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are present in the majority of
patients with papillary thyroid cancer (… Although lymph node metastases from PTC are seen …

… Total thyroidectomy is well accepted as initial surgery for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), but
… metastasis in 775 patients, ie, in 86.3% of the patients in whom lymph node dissection was …

… Secondary node dissection for thyroid cancer can loosely be defined as cervical lymph
node dissection for recurrent/persistent disease after initial treatment. The cervical nodal …

… The central compartment of the neck, which consists of levels VI and VII, is well known as
the first site of lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Central lymph node …

… lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer are common. Although central neck
dissection … of clinically lymph node-negative patients with papillary thyroid cancer who underwent …

… The appropriate extent of lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid cancer remains the
subject of controversy. Available data is retrospective and derived from single institutions. No …

… (level VI) and in 10–30 % in the lateral compartment of the neck (levels II … lymph nodes are
palpable or visible on ultrasonography, en bloc compartment-oriented lymph node dissection …

… , papillary thyroid cancer has excellent prognosis even in patients with nodal disease. We
found no arguments in favour of routine prophylactic central node dissection … bulky lymph node …

… Some institutions opt for completion thyroidectomy plus lymph node dissection, while others
opt … Many studies have shown that lymph node metastasis (LNM) in PTMC is one of the main …