Utility of prophylactic central dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma with clinically apparent lymph node metastases isolated to the lateral neck
In patients initially presenting with clinically apparent nodal metastases of papillary thyroid carcinoma isolated to the lateral neck, prophylactic central neck dissection performed concurrently with total thyroidectomy and lateral neck dissection is associated with improved recurrence-free survival and greater likelihood of excellent response to therapy.
Authors
- Theodore Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-0243)
- Elena G Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-1240)
- Catherine Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5438-2620)
- Yifan Mao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-8987)
- Michael W. Yeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-4245)
- Masha J. Livhits (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-392X)
- James X. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-7573)
- Sang Ngo
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgery
- Published
- 2025-02-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2025.109160
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.29