Usefulness of intraoperative determination of central lymph node metastasis by palpation in papillary thyroid cancer

Background This study evaluated the usefulness of judgment of central lymph node (LN) metastasis by surgeon’s palpation in papillary thyroid cancer. Methods This study included 127 patients who underwent thyroidectomy and central compartment node dissection between October 2014 and February 2015. Th...

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Main Authors: Wan Wook Kim, Jeeyeon Lee, Jin Hyang Jung, Ho Yong Park, Won Hwa Kim, Hye Jung Kim, Ji-Young Park, Ralph P. Tufano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yeungnam University College of Medicine 2020-10-01
Series:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2020-00122.pdf