Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines state that a
prophylactic central compartment neck dissection (PCND) should be considered for patients …

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

Background Prophylactic central compartment neck dissection (pCCND) in addition to total
thyroidectomy (TT) includes removal of central compartment lymph nodes in the absence of …

Background Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) usually metastasizes via lymphatic channels in a
sequential fashion, first to the central compartment, followed by the lateral neck. PTC …

Aim Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid malignancy. Despite its
extremely favorable prognosis, cervical lymph node metastases are a common feature of …

Background The benefits of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) remain
controversial in clinically node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The …

Background Lymph node ratio (LNR) is an important prognosis factor in many solid cancers,
but there have been few reports of LNR in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). This study …

Background The role of prophylactic central neck dissection in the management of papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. We report our experience of an observational …

Background Current guidelines advocate no prophylactic dissection of the lateral neck
compartment for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) without clinical evidence of lateral neck …

Background Prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) for papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) is controversial. We compared 3 different approaches to the management of central …