The role of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in elderly patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a multicentric study

The role of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in elderly patients with differentiated thyroid cancer: a multicentric study

Abstract Background Prophylactic central neck lymph-nodes dissection is still a topic of major debate in Literature. There is a lack of randomized controlled trials proving advantages in its application in terms of overall survival and local recurrence. Due to the recent rapid increase of elderly po...

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Main Authors: Claudio Gambardella, Renato Patrone, Francesco Di Capua, Chiara Offi, Claudio Mauriello, Guglielmo Clarizia, Claudia Andretta, Andrea Polistena, Alessandro Sanguinetti, Pietrogiorgio Calò, Giovanni Docimo, Nicola Avenia, Giovanni Conzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:BMC Surgery
Subjects:
Total thyroidectomy
Differentiated thyroid cancer
Prophylactic central neck dissection
Elderly patients
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12893-018-0433-0

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