Prophylactic central lymph node dissection in cN0 patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: A retrospective study in China

Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the patterns of central cervical lymph node metastasis (CLNM) and evaluate the prophylactic central lymph node dissection (CLND) in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) patients without clinical positive lymph nodes. Methods: We retrospectively review...

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Published in:	Asian Journal of Surgery
Main Authors:	Shuai Xue, Peisong Wang, Jia Liu, Rui Li, Li Zhang, Guang Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-07-01
Subjects:	lymph node metastasis neck dissection papillary thyroid carcinoma risk factors
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958415000603