Background Preoperative neck ultrasonography (US) may detect nodal metastases of
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) but its utility in detecting metastases at specific neck …

Objective To determine the frequency of occult macroscopic metastasis detected by
preoperative US evaluation of the neck in patients with PTC. Papillary thyroid carcinoma …

AIMS: Adequate evaluation and surgical management of cervical lymph node metastasis is
very important in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the …

Background: Although ultrasound (US) is routinely used for the preoperative evaluation of
neck nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the diagnostic role of …

Background The goals of this study were to analyze clinical factors that affect cervical lymph
node metastasis (LNM) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), and to evaluate the diagnostic …

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment
of cervical lymph node status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

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

Background: High-resolution sonography is becoming a method of choice for the detection
and diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Background: Ultrasound (US) of the central neck compartment (CNC) is considered of
limited sensitivity for nodal spread in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); elective neck dissection …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: This study was performed to assess the diagnostic accuracy
of surgeon‐performed preoperative neck ultrasound (US) in the detection of both central and …