Prophylactic central lymph node dissection improves disease-free survival in patients with intermediate and high risk differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective …

F Medas, GL Canu, F Cappellacci, G Anedda, G Conzo… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

Role of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in clinically N0 differentiated thyroid cancer patients: analysis of risk factors and review of modern …

G Conzo, E Tartaglia, N Avenia, PG Calò… - World Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
In the last years, especially thanks to a large diffusion of ultrasound-guided FNBs, a
surprising increased incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC),“small” tumors and …

Prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection in low-risk thyroid carcinoma patients does not decrease the incidence of locoregional recurrence: a meta-analysis of …

A Sanabria, C Betancourt-Agüero… - Annals of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
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 …

Prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma: clinical implications derived from the first prospective randomized controlled …

D Viola, G Materazzi, L Valerio… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: The benefits of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection
(pCCND) in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) are still under investigation. This treatment seems …

Controversy surrounding the role for routine central lymph node dissection for differentiated thyroid cancer

T Carling, WD Long III, R Udelsman - Current Opinion in Oncology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Recent studies and the arguments for and against prophylactic CLND are reviewed. There is
currently a trend toward more aggressive surgical therapy, including prophylactic CLND and …

Impact of prophylactic central compartment neck dissection on locoregional recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer in clinically node-negative patients: a …

G Conzo, PG Calò, AA Sinisi, A De Bellis, D Pasquali… - Surgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background In clinically node-negative patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC),
indications for routine central lymph node dissection (RCLD) are the subject of intensive …

[HTML][HTML] Is prophylactic central neck dissection necessary for cN0 differentiated thyroid cancer patients at initial treatment? A meta-analysis of the literature

J Liang, Z Li, F Fang, T Yu, S Li - Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Central lymph node metastases are common in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer
(DTC). The management of preoperatively nodenegative (cN0) DTC is still under debate …

Influence of prophylactic central lymph node dissection on postoperative thyroglobulin levels and radioiodine treatment in papillary thyroid cancer

DT Hughes, ML White, BS Miller, PG Gauger… - Surgery, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Prophylactic central lymph node dissection with total thyroidectomy (TT) for
the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial because of the possibility of …

Impact of prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection on early recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma

TA Moo, J McGill, J Allendorf, J Lee, T Fahey… - World Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
Background Although the role of prophylactic central neck lymph node dissection (CNLD) in
the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial, many surgeons perform …

Extent of prophylactic lymph node dissection in the central neck area of the patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: comparison of limited versus comprehensive …

YI Son, HS Jeong, CH Baek, MK Chung, J Ryu… - Annals of Surgical …, 2008 - Springer
Background To compare the “comprehensive”(including bilateral paratracheal, pretracheal,
prelaryngeal lymph nodes)(CCND) with “limited”(saving contralateral paratracheal lymph …