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

Background: Central compartment lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) are difficult to detect preoperatively, and the role of routine or prophylactic central …

AIMS: Systematic lymph node dissection in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)
remains controversial. The objective of this study was to study the pattern of lymph node …

Background Although subclinical cervical lymph node (LN) metastases in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) are common, the efficacy of prophylactic central LN dissection (CLND) is …

Background The indications and extent of cervical lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) are still being debated. The aim of this study was to analyze the patterns of …

MACROSCOPIC LYMPH NODE METASTASES in patients with papillary thyroid cancer are
associated with a higher recurrence rate. 1 Lundgren et al, 2 in a large population-based …

Background and Objectives Central compartment neck dissection (CCND) is recommended
for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). However, whether to perform …

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

Introduction To compare the overall morbidity and recurrence of papillary thyroid cancer
(PTC) after total thyroidectomy (TT) with or without prophylactic central compartment neck …

Objectives: To investigate the incidence and the risk factors for occult ipsilateral or
contralateral central neck lymph node (LN) metastasis in patients with unilateral papillary …