Prophylactic central neck dissection for cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma: is there any difference between western countries and China? A systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundRecommendations for the performance of prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) in patients with clinically node-uninvolved (cN0) papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are not the same. This meta-analysis set out to compare the effectiveness of pCND with total thyroidectomy (TT) in differen...

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Main Authors: Jiaxin Yang, Yuling Han, Yu Min, Cheng Chen, Jialin Chen, Ke Xiang, Jiahu Liao, Yang Feng, Daixing Hu, Guobing Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2023.1176512/full