Open AccessRecognition of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with papillary thyroid cancer by nano-carbon and methylene blue
Author(s) -
FangZhou Liu,
Yinsu Zhu,
Yichuan Qian,
Zhiyuan Jia,
Yu Zhang,
Yuan Zhang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.336.13940
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , lymph , methylene blue , papillary thyroid cancer , biopsy , urology , pathological , thyroid cancer , surgery , metastasis , thyroid , cancer , pathology , breast cancer , biochemistry , chemistry , photocatalysis , catalysis
To compare the accuracy and feasibility of methylene blue and nano-carbon in clinical tracing of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).