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The relevance of preoperative ultrasound cervical mapping in patients with thyroid cancer

Author(s) -

Davit Kocharyan,

Frank Schwenter,

Ma Bélair,

Edgard Nassif

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.011015

Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , neck dissection , lymph node , radiology , ultrasound , thyroid , dissection (medical) , papillary thyroid cancer , lymph , cancer , cervical lymph nodes , pathology , metastasis

Cervical lymph node involvement in thyroid cancer is associated with locoregional recurrence and decreased disease-free survival. Preoperative lymph node mapping helps in planning surgery for neck dissection and improves patient outcomes. We sought to perform a qualitative and quantitative analysis of ultrasound mapping for thyroid cancer and evaluate the clinical importance of this exam in terms of identifying the group of patients who would benefit most from subsequent surgical dissection.

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