Background The role of prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) in the management of
papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. This report describes outcomes of an …

Background Prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) for papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
remains controversial. The aim of this study was to examine whether prophylactic CND for …

Background The effectiveness of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) in the
treatment of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) to prevent local recurrence is …

Prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) for management of papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) is controversial. Compared to many malignancies, PTC has a high overall survival but …

Background Prophylactic neck dissection (PND) for papillary thyroid cancer is controversial.
The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of PND on the rate of retreatment …

Objectives. This study evaluated the benefits of performing prophylactic central neck
dissection (CND) with total thyroidectomy (TT) in management of papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Objective: The aim of this prospective randomized-controlled trial was to evaluate the
risks/benefits of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) in patients with clinically node …

Prophylactic neck dissection (PND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial.
Our aim was to assess current levels of evidence (LE) according to the Oxford Centre for …

Background Lymph nodal involvement is very common in differentiated thyroid cancer, and
in addition, cervical lymph node micrometastases are observed in up to 80% of papillary …

Prophylactic central neck dissection in papillary thyroid cancer is controversial. In this
retrospective cohort study, the aim was to assess possible advantages of prophylactic …