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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Main Authors: Ziwen Liu, Mengqing Sun, Yiding Xiao, Jing Yang, Taiping Zhang, Yupei Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958416000051