Open AccessSurgical Strategy for the Treatment of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Jason B. Fleming,
Jeffrey E. Lee,
Michael Bouvet,
Pamela N. Schultz,
Steven I. Sherman,
Rena V. Sellin,
Keith Friend,
Michael A. Burgess,
Gilbert J. Cote,
Robert F. Gagel,
Douglas B. Evans
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199911000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphadenectomy , thyroidectomy , calcitonin , surgery , neck dissection , thyroid , thyroid carcinoma , lymph node , carcinoma , general surgery
To evaluate surgical complications, patterns of lymph node metastases, and calcitonin response to compartment-oriented lymphadenectomy in patients with primary or recurrent medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).