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

Objective We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled
trials (RCTs) that scrutinized the oncological benefits and postsurgical complications of total …

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 …

Objective: This review article summarises the latest evidence for preventive central lymph
node dissection in patients with papillary thyroid cancer taking into account the possible …

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 …

Background: The transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy by vestibular approach (TOETVA) has
been developed for thyroid microcarcinoma (TMC) treatment worldwide, with low rate of …

Background Prophylactic central neck dissection in clinically low-risk cT1bT2N0 papillary
thyroid carcinoma is controversial, due to a large number of conflicting retrospective studies …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma
(PTC) and negative for clinically neck lymph node metastatic involvement (N0) has emerged …

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare reported results on available techniques for
sentinel lymph node detection rate (SDR) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Methods The …

The central compartment is a common site for nodal spread from differentiated thyroid
carcinoma, often occurring in patients without clinical or ultrasonographic (US) evidence of …