Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients who underwent lateral neck
dissection for fine‐needle aspiration (FNA)‐confirmed disease after total thyroidectomy and …

Background This study examines the relationship between the number of lymph nodes
removed during modified radical neck dissection and the incidence of disease recurrence …

Background: Ultrasound (US) of the central neck compartment (CNC) is considered of
limited sensitivity for nodal spread in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); elective neck dissection …

Background The purpose of the present study was to determine the utility of routine
dissection of level II‐B and level V‐A in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) …

Opinion statement Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has an excellent prognosis, yet lymph
node metastases are common. Most authors agree that central and/or lateral lymph node …

Background: The impact of preoperative neck ultrasound (US) on management of the lateral
neck in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer is unclear. The objective of this study was …

Background: To balance the risk of disease progression, morbidity, and efficacy of
reoperative central neck dissection (RCND) in papillary thyroid carcinoma, the latest clinical …

Background Central compartment lymph node dissection is a common adjunct to
thyroidectomy in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer. The indications, surgical …

Background Although many patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) display
associated cervical lymph node metastases (LNM), the optimal extent of lymph node …

Background Therapeutic central neck dissection (CND) is an accepted part of the
management of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), while prophylactic CND remains …