Predictors of metastasis to lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve in differentiated thyroid carcinoma: A prospective study
Objectives: To study the clinicopathological characteristics and the risk factors of lymph nodes posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) metastasis in differentiated thyroid carcinoma; and to identify the indication for LN-prRLN dissection. Methods: We treated 145 patients with d...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-07-01
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Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958416000051 |