Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate
thyroidectomy. Background: Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved …

This ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline provides updated state-of-the-art recommendations
on management of thyroid cancer (diagnosis, treatment and follow-up), compiled by a …

New optical technologies enhancing localization or assessing viability of parathyroid glands
(PG) during endocrine surgery have been reported in clinical studies. These technologies …

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

Background The efficacy of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection for
papillary thyroid carcinoma remains controversial. We performed a randomized controlled …

Simple Summary Thyroid cancers are the most common endocrine cancers and their
incidence has increased significantly in recent decades worldwide. Total thyroidectomy is …

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of T+ prophylactic CND (T+ CND) compared to T
alone on locoregional recurrence in patients with PTC. Summary background data: Few …

Background Prophylactic central neck lymph-nodes dissection is still a topic of major debate
in Literature. There is a lack of randomized controlled trials proving advantages in its …

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: While papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is associated with high occult central
neck metastasis (CNM) rates, prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) is controversial …