… of extemporaneous examination of these nodes. This study attempted to … procedure. The
aim of this study was not to evaluate the results of lymph node dissection in thyroid carcinoma…

… to surgical completeness, successful ablation, and complications. In conclusion, for small/noninvasive
papillary thyroid carcinoma without clinical evidence of lymph node metastases, …

… Although the presence of lymph node … of lymph nodes harvested at surgery (lymph node
yield, LNY) as well as the metastatic lymph node ratio (MLNR; number of metastatic lymph nodes…

… to primary tumors. … in sonographically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinomas, we aimed
to determine the optimal extent of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection. …

… US examinations were performed by the same radiologist with expertise in thyroid cancer
at our institution using a 13-MHz linear transducer (Aplio 400; Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan). The Tg …

… In all patients, surgery of the thyroid gland and/or lymph nodes of the neck was performed.
Total thyroidectomy (TT) was performed in 20 patients and near-total thyroidectomy leaving <…

… Cervical lymph node metastasis in differententiated thyroid carcinoma has mostly been found
to have … When possible, gender, focality, and extent of thyroid surgery were also sought to …

… -control study indicated that lymph node metastasis and incomplete surgical excision are the
two … lymph nodes to be as important as primary tumors[8]. Prophylactic central lymph node …

… Metastatic central lymph nodes are found in nearly half of all patients with papillary thyroid
cancer when prophylactic central lymph node dissection is performed. With unreliable …

… A total of 195 patients had surgery for papillary thyroid cancer. The mean age at operation
was … By counting the lymph nodes removed at surgery we were able to check on the quality of …