A total of 195 patients had surgery for papillary thyroid cancer. The mean age at operation
was 50 years. A microdissection technique was used for total thyroidectomy and lymph node …

Objective To ascertain whether modified radical neck dissection offers a survival advantage
for some subsets of patients with papillary cancer of the thyroid. Design A retrospective …

Background Because there is a controversy regarding the management of papillary thyroid
microcarcinoma, the purpose of this study was to compare lobectomy with total …

Papillary microcarcinoma has an excellent prognosis after surgical treatment, but how to
dissect the lymph nodes remains an open question. In this study, we investigated whether …

Total thyroidectomy is the treatment of choice for clinically significant papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC); however, 10–15% develop palpable local recurrence in the cervical lymph nodes …

Background and aims The role of central neck dissection in the treatment of papillary thyroid
carcinoma is debated. This retrospective investigation was undertaken to assess whether it …

Occult and microscopic differentiated carcinoma of the thyroid is a clinically benign lesion,
even when accompanied by lymph node metastases, and should be treated surgically by …

To determine if it is truly unnecessary to perform modified neck dissection in nonadvanced,
differentiated thyroid carcinoma, the extent of metastases in regional lymph nodes in 586 …

We have analyzed data on a group of 269 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma followed
on average for 12 years to determine (1) if a prognostic classification scheme can be used to …

Background The recent development and spread of ultrasonography and ultrasonography‐
guided fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has facilitated the detection of small papillary …