Is Routine Dissection of Level II-B and V-A Necessary in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer Undergoing Lateral Neck Dissection for FNA-Confirmed Metastases in Other Levels

Background The purpose of the present study was to determine the utility of routine dissection of level II-B and level V-A in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) undergoing lateral neck dissection for ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA)-confirmed lateral nodal metastasis in at le...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of surgery 2009-08, Vol.33 (8), p.1680-1683
Hauptverfasser: Farrag, Tarik, Lin, Frank, Brownlee, Noel, Kim, Matthew, Sheth, Sheila, Tufano, Ralph P.
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