Optimal surgical extent of lateral and central neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma located in one lobe with clinical lateral lymph node metastasis

BACKGROUND: The indications and extent of cervical lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) are still being debated. The aim of this study was to analyze the patterns of cervical lymph node metastasis in the lateral and central compartment and related factors and suggest the optima...

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Autores principales: Keum, Hyo Sub, Ji, Yong Bae, Kim, Jong Min, Jeong, Jin Hyeok, Choi, Woong Hwan, Ahn, You Hern, Tae, Kyung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3544686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23098385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-10-221

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