Risk factors of lateral lymph node metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma

Risk factors of lateral lymph node metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma

Abstract Background Cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is common. However, whether undergoing prophylactic central lymph node (CLN) dissection or lateral lymph node (LLN) dissections to prevent metastasis is still controversial. This study aimed to retrospectively in...

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Main Authors: Daixing Hu, Jing Zhou, Wei He, Jie Peng, Yijia Cao, Haoyu Ren, Yu Mao, Yi Dou, Wei Xiong, Qi Xiao, Xinliang Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Papillary thyroid carcinoma
Central lymph node dissection
Lateral lymph node dissection
Clinical lymph node negative
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1336-3

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