Background The indications for and appropriate extent of prophylactic central lymph node
(CLN) dissection for clinically node-negative patients with unilateral papillary thyroid …

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the role of prophylactic ipsilateral central neck
dissection (pCND) in patients with clinically node-negative (cN0) papillary thyroid …

BACKGROUND: In clinically node-negative papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), the
frequency of subclinical lymph node metastasis (LNM) in the central cervical compartment …

Objective The first aim of this study was to explore the risk factors that were associated with
central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) in patients with clinically node-negative papillary …

Objective To determine the frequency and pattern of lymph node metastasis (LNM) from
papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) and the results of node dissection, and to establish …

Background Optimal management for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains
controversial. The purpose of this study was to explore risk factors predictive of cervical …

OBJECTIVE: The role of routine central lymph node dissection (CLND) for clinically central
lymph node negative (CN0) papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) remains uncertain. We …

1) Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2)
Department of General Surgery, Umraniye Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul …

Preoperative predictors of lateral neck lymph node metastasi... : Medicine Preoperative
predictors of lateral neck lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma : Medicine …

Background To examine predictive factors for subclinical central neck lymph node
metastases (LNM) of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). Methods The clinical and …