Open AccessPrediction of level V metastases in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a single center analysis
Author(s) -
Wenlong Wang,
Ning Bai,
Qianhui Ouyang,
Botao Sun,
Chong Shen,
Xinying Li
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs-20-232
Subject(s) - medicine , metastasis , univariate analysis , receiver operating characteristic , neck dissection , occult , gastroenterology , radiology , multivariate analysis , cancer , pathology , alternative medicine
The rate of level V metastases is significantly low and the necessity of routine level V dissection for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) with clinically lateral lymph node metastasis (LNM) is still controversial.
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