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 Nodal metastasis in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) usually occurs in the central
compartment of the ipsilateral neck and spreads laterally. The purpose of this study was to …

Aims: The role of prophylactic central neck dissection (CND) in the management of papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. This study reports outcomes of an observational …

Objective Therapeutic lateral neck dissection (ND) is recommended for N1b papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC), while prophylactic contralateral lateral ND is not. Given the paucity of data …

Background Lymph node yield (LNY) was implemented in the stratification of papillary
thyroid cancer (PTC) patients. The effect of LNY may be related to the extent of surgery. This …

Background It is not known whether prophylactic central compartment neck dissection
(pCCND) in conjunction with total thyroidectomy decreases rates of locoregional recurrence …

Background Therapeutic modified radical neck dissection (MND) is a mandatory surgical
procedure for patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) having clinical lateral node …

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 …

Background Whether or not to perform prophylactic central lymph node dissection (CLND) in
the case of clinically node-negative papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. The …

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 …