Background Central neck dissection and total thyroidectomy are standard treatments for
patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with clinically involved central nodes …

Background The use of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) for papillary thyroid
cancer (PTC) without clinical evidence of nodal metastasis (cN0) remains controversial. This …

Background: The benefits of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection
(pCCND) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still under investigation. This treatment seems …

Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) represents 3–5% of thyroid cancers. 75% is sporadic
and 25% is the dominant component of the hereditary multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) …

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 The effectiveness of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) following total
thyroidectomy (TT) in patients with clinical node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma …

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 Central neck dissection (CND) remains controversial in clinically node-negative
differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) patients. The aim of this multicenter retrospective …

The role of prophylactic central lymph node dissection (pCLND) in the treatment of
differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is controversial and still a matter of debate. The primary …

Background Recommendations for the performance of prophylactic central neck dissection
(pCND) in patients with clinically node-uninvolved (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …