Background Central neck dissection (CND) remains a controversial intervention for papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients with clinically negative nodes (cN0) in the central …

Prophylactic central neck dissection in clinically node-negative patients remains
controversial. The aim of this multicenter retrospective study was to determine the rate of …

Introduction: Papillary and follicular thyroid carcinomas are the most common thyroid
malignancies and are usually indolent. Lymph-node involvement increases the rate of tumor …

A central compartment neck dissection (CCND) consists of removal of all lymph nodes and
fibrofatty tissue between the common carotid arteries laterally from the hyoid bone superiorly …

Background The impact of occult lymph node metastasis on regional recurrence after
prophylactic central neck dissection for preoperative, nodal-negative papillary thyroid cancer …

A well-established feature of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is it propensity to
metastasize to cervical lymph nodes in the central and lateral compartments. Currently, there …

Background. Therapeutic paratracheal neck dissection for patients with papillary carcinoma
of the thyroid is standard treatment. Its use as an elective procedure is controversial …

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 …

Background Indication and extent of lateral prophylactic neck dissection (PLND) in papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is very controversial. Methods We retrospectively analysed 131 …

Objective To determine if more extensive neck dissection in patients with papillary
carcinoma of the thyroid affords a survival benefit vs limited lymphadenectomy of positive …