Surgeon volume and prognosis of patients with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and lateral nodal metastasis.
Se-Hoon LeeT H KimJ-H ChoeJ-H KimJ S KimY N KimH KimS W KimJ H ChungPublished in: The British journal of surgery (2018)
Surgeon volume is associated with structural recurrence, but not distant metastasis or cancer-specific death in patients with N1b PTC. Surgeon volume is important in initial surgery for advanced PTC with extensive nodal metastasis in order to ensure curative outcome and reduce treatment-related morbidity.