Intraoperative Diagnosis of Central Compartment Lymph Node Metastasis Predicts Recurrence of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma and Clinically Node-Negative Lateral Neck and May Guide Extent of Initial Surgery

摘要

Although lymph node (LN) metastasis (LNM) of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is common, routine prophylactic LN dissection (LND) is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate risk factors for recurrence of PTC with clinically node-negative lateral neck to determine the utility of intraoperative LN biopsy.