Open Access<p>The Extent of Therapeutic Central Compartment Neck Dissection in Unilateral cT1N1a or cT2N1a Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma</p>
Author(s) -
Nan Liu,
Yupeng Yang,
Bo Chen,
Luchuan Li,
Qingdong Zeng,
Lei Sheng,
Bin Zhang,
Weili Liang,
Bin Lv
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s273316
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid carcinoma , dissection (medical) , neck dissection , carcinoma , thyroid , surgery
Papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs) frequently metastasize to the central neck compartment. Therapeutic central compartment neck dissection (CCND) is a well-established treatment for PTC nodal metastases; however, the extent to which therapeutic CCND should be performed remains controversial. In this study, we investigated the predictive risk factors for contralateral paratracheal lymph node metastasis (LNM) in unilateral cT1N1a or cT2N1a PTC.