Identifying risk factors of recurrence for clinically node negative papillary thyroid carcinoma with pathologic N1a

Abstract Background Whether or not to perform prophylactic central lymph node dissection (CLND) in the case of clinically node-negative papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for recurrence in clinically node-negative PTC patien...

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Main Authors: Young Jae Ryu, Jin Seong Cho, Min Ho Park, Jung Han Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-019-0541-5