Pretracheal Lymph Node Subdivision in Predicting Contralateral Central Lymph Node Metastasis for Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Preliminary Results

Pretracheal Lymph Node Subdivision in Predicting Contralateral Central Lymph Node Metastasis for Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Preliminary Results

BackgroundThe aims of this study were to assess the clinical value of pretracheal lymph node subdivision in identifying patients with contralateral central lymph node metastasis (CLNM) and risk factors for occult contralateral CLNM in unilateral PTC.MethodsA total of 139 unilateral PTC patients with...

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Main Authors: Qiang Chen, Yang Liu, Wei Lu, Lingyun Zhang, Anping Su, Feng Liu, Jingqiang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
pretracheal lymph node
central neck dissection
papillary thyroid carcinoma
central lymph node metastasis
clinically node-negative neck
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.921845/full

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