Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy. While there has been no
appreciable increase in the observed mortality of well-differentiated thyroid cancer, there …

Objective This meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of
prophylactic central neck dissection (PCND) in patients with clinically node-negative (cN0) …

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

Background Cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer are common.
Although central neck dissection is indicated in clinically nodal-positive disease, it remains …

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

Aim Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common thyroid malignancy. Despite its
extremely favorable prognosis, cervical lymph node metastases are a common feature of …

Background Ipsilateral central compartment node dissection (IpsiCCD) can reduce the
morbidity of prophylactic bilateral central compartment node dissection (BilCCD) in papillary …

Thyroid cancer is the most common malignancy in the endocrine system. Papillary thyroid
carcinoma (PTC) is the most common differentiated thyroid cancer. There are considerable …

Background Prophylactic central lymph node dissection (CLND) in patients with papillary
thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains controversial and predictive factors for central lymph node …

Extent of thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma is still matter of debate. Indeed,
recently, international guidelines endorsed thyroid lobectomy as initial surgical approach for …