… The utilization of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) in cases of non-invasive
clinical node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains a topic of debate, with a …

… likely to recur after surgery than node-negative PTC. The present study investigated the risk
… lateral compartment neck dissection. Lateral compartment neck dissection was performed en …

… If the nodes are negative, prophylactic CND can be considered but is not required in all
cases. Features that could call for prophylactic CND are: age <15 and >45; radiation history; …

… Studies have documented that the change in neck appearance after open LND can negatively
impact the quality of life of patients (7, 8). Therefore, surgeons have attempted to apply …

… was performed on the basis of the surgeons’ judgement of the surgical field despite negative
preoperative evaluations, mainly in patients who had macroscopic extra-thyroidal extension …

… papillary thyroid carcinoma when followed by radioactive iodine therapy, although routine
central-compartment neck dissection … node-negative papillary thyroid carcinomas, we aimed to …

… for the varied extent of lymph node surgery that occurs in the setting of clinically negative
disease or in those in which thyroid cancer is suspected but not preoperatively diagnosed. …

… involvement in clinically node-negative necks is low. Therefore, … neck dissection in patients
with papillary thyroid carcinoma and … neck dissection is important in the treatment of papillary …

… Background: The value of prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) for papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with clinically evident lateral cervical lymph node metastases (cN1b) …

… central neck dissection (pCND) in clinically node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma…
metastatic nodal disease in cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma which is linearly increased with …