A Retrospective Study of Lymph Node Yield in Lateral Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Khalil IssaMadelyn N StevensYuhui SunSamantha ThomasAlissa CollinsJonathan CohenRamon M EsclamadoDaniel J Rocke

Published in: Ear, nose, & throat journal (2020)

These results suggest an association between LNY and postoperative sTG level, with an estimated threshold of 43 nodes. This has implications for adequate therapeutic LND; additional work is needed to validate thresholds for clinical practice.

Keyphrases

lymph node
sentinel lymph node
clinical practice
patients undergoing
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
minimally invasive
lymph node metastasis
radiation therapy
early stage
rectal cancer