Unnecessity of Routine Dissection of Right Central Lymph Nodes in cN0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Located at the Left Thyroid Lobe

Unnecessity of Routine Dissection of Right Central Lymph Nodes in cN0 Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Located at the Left Thyroid Lobe

ObjectiveThe lymph node posterior to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (LN-prRLN) is an important part of the central lymph nodes (LNs). We aimed to explore the rate and predictors of LN-prRLN metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) located at the left thyroid lobe.MethodsPatients with...

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Main Authors: Songtao Zhang, Runfang Zhang, Chao Wang, Wenbo Gong, Chen Zheng, Qigen Fang, Liyuan Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
LN-prRLN
cN0
papillary thyroid carcinoma
left thyroid lobe
lymph node metastasis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.685708/full

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