Frozen section analysis of central lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer: the significance in determining the extent of surgery | Zendy

Min Jhi Kim | Zendy; Hee Jun Kim | Zendy; Cheong Soo Park | Zendy; Bup-Woo Kim | Zendy

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Frozen section analysis of central lymph nodes in papillary thyroid cancer: the significance in determining the extent of surgery

Author(s) -

Min Jhi Kim,

Hee Jun Kim,

Cheong Soo Park,

Bup-Woo Kim

Publication year - 2022

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-22-15

Subject(s) - medicine , frozen section procedure , papillary thyroid cancer , occult , lymph node , dissection (medical) , thyroid cancer , cancer , metastasis , clinical significance , neck dissection , surgery , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine

The indolent feature of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) has recently led to an increase in less aggressive treatment options instead of total thyroidectomy (TT). We aimed to investigate the clinical significance of elective central compartment neck dissection (CCND) with intraoperative frozen analyses of the central lymph nodes (LNs) to determine the surgical extent of unilateral clinically node-negative PTC.

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