Should an Involved but Functioning Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve be Shaved or Resected in a Locally Advanced Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma?

摘要

The issue of whether an involved but functioning recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) should be shaved or resected in locally advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) remains controversial. Our study aimed to compare the early and late outcomes between those who underwent shaving and those who underwent resection and also to identify independent prognostic factors in this subset of patients.