Background The present study was designed to investigate the diagnostic ability of
computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (USG) in the preoperative evaluation of the …

Objectives Although ultrasound (US) is a standard modality for the assessment of cervical
lymph node metastasis in patients with thyroid cancer, there is an increasing trend in the …

Background The benefit of CT for the diagnosis of lymph node metastasis in patients with
thyroid cancer is still unclear. Methods Three hundred fifty‐one patients with thyroid cancers …

Background: Although ultrasound (US) is routinely used for the preoperative evaluation of
neck nodes in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), the diagnostic role of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Ultrasound has become widely accepted as the first
imaging technique used for the assessment of cervical lymph node metastasis in patients …

Purpose Ultrasound (US) is the first imaging technique in the assessment of cervical lymph
nodes metastasis (LNM) of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) patients preoperatively. Computed …

Context: Neck ultrasonography (US) has become a keystone in the follow-up of patients with
differentiated thyroid cancer. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine specificity …

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography has been proposed to enhance preoperative assessment
of cervical lymph node status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) …

There is considerable controversy regarding the treatment of patients with cervical
metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer. Most have papillary carcinoma and the main …

Abstract Objectives/Hypothesis: This study was performed to assess the diagnostic accuracy
of surgeon‐performed preoperative neck ultrasound (US) in the detection of both central and …