Lymph node metastasis from 259 papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: frequency, pattern of occurrence and recurrence, and optimal strategy for neck dissection.

N, Wada; QY, Duh; K, Sugino; H, Iwasaki; K, Kameyama; T, Mimura; K, Ito; H, Takami; Y, Takanashi

doi:10.1097/01.sla.0000055273.58908.19

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Lymph node metastasis from 259 papillary thyroid microcarcinomas: frequency, pattern of occurrence and recurrence, and optimal strategy for neck dissection.

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Wada N

Duh QY

Sugino K

Abstract

Objective To determine the frequency and pattern of lymph node metastasis (LNM) from papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) and the results of node dissection, and to establish the optimal strategy for neck dissection in these patients.Summary background data Most PTMCs carry a favorable prognosis,...

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