Total thyroidectomy with therapeutic level II-IV neck dissection for papillary thyroid carcinoma: level VI recurrence patterns.

Narin N Carmel NeidermanIrit DuekDana AmsterdamAnat WengierBoris KuzmenkoBarak RingelAnton WarshavskyUdi ShapiraGilad HorowitzElena IzkhakovDan M Fliss

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)

Our results revealed 11.7% rate of clinically significant recurrent disease in ipsilateral level VI which, in our opinion, does not justify routine prophylactic level VI ND dissection when the ipsilateral lateral neck is operated for metastases.

Keyphrases

squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node metastasis
minimally invasive
clinical practice
papillary thyroid