… The only increased adverse outcome of performing a central neck dissection in addition to
total thyroidectomy is temporary hypocalcemia. This should be explained to the patient and all …

… Hypocalcemia occurred more frequently when neck dissection was combined with total
thyroidectomy than without it (p < 0.005). In this group, the incidence of hypocalcemia was higher …

… neck dissection (pCND) at the time of total thyroidectomy for PTC (3). Although there is general
agreement that formal lymph node dissection … cN0 undergoing a total thyroidectomy (TT) …

… neck dissection is performed for a select group and levels of nodes. The incision for total
thyroidectomy and modified neck dissection … of total thyroidectomy and modified neck dissection …

… that total thyroidectomy associated with … neck dissection in presence of lymph node
metastasis may represent an effective strategy in the treatment of PTC with clinically negative neck …

… a total thyroidectomy and therapeutic neck dissection. Of them, 26 patients with palpable lateral
nodes underwent a total thyroidectomy and neck dissection … affected lateral neck. Sixteen …

… All patients underwent a total thyroidectomy. Patients who clinically had … neck dissection,
either a selective neck dissection, level VI, superior mediastinum, or a selective neck dissection, …

… thyroidectomy with central neck dissection (CPT 60252, thyroidectomy with limited neck
dissection), is inconsistently coded in patients who have lateral neck dissection codes (Table 3, …

… In contrast to the previous three meta-analyses,21, 22, 23 we strictly excluded studies in
which lobectomy, hemi-thyroidectomy or lateral neck dissection were performed with pCND. …

… Therapeutic CND is generally performed in the same setting as the total thyroidectomy (TT).
Unilateral CND is preferred to bilateral CND if the disease is limited to one paratracheal …