Open AccessSentinel Lymphadenectomy in Thyroid Malignant Neoplasms
Author(s) -
Pond R. Kelemen
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.133.3.288
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid , thyroid nodules , sentinel lymph node , surgery , lymph node , thyroid cancer , nodule (geology) , dissection (medical) , lymphatic system , radiology , thyroid carcinoma , lymph , cancer , breast cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
Lymph node metastases for well-differentiated thyroid cancer are associated with high recurrence rates. Surgical options consist of blind nodal sampling, "berry-picking" procedures, and modified radical neck dissections. Sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) has been described by our institution for melanoma and breast cancer. We have investigated the feasibility of SLND for thyroid cancer.
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