Preoperative Ultrasonography Predicts Level II Lymph Node Metastasis in N1b Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Implications for Surgical Planning

Purpose: To investigate whether preoperative ultrasonographic (US) features of the index cancer and metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) are associated with level II LN metastasis in N1b papillary rmfthyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients. Materials and methods: We enrolled 517 patients (mean age, 42 [range, 6–80...

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Published in:Biomedicines
Main Authors: Na Lae Eun, Jeong-Ah Kim, Yangkyu Lee, Ji Hyun Youk, Hyeok Jun Yun, Hojin Chang, Seok-Mo Kim, Yong Sang Lee, Hang-Seok Chang, Hyejin Yang, Soyoung Jeon, Eun Ju Son
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-07-01
Subjects:
thyroid cancer
papillary
lymph nodes
lymphatic metastasis
ultrasonography
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/7/1588

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