The need of prophylactic central lymph node dissection is controversial in terms of postoperative thyroglobulin follow-up of patients with cN0 papillary thyroid cancer

KORKMAZ, MEHMET; Ocal, Bulent; Saylam, Guleser; Cakal, Erman; Bayir, Omer; Tutal, Esra; Tatar, Emel

doi:10.1007/s00423-017-1556-y

The need of prophylactic central lymph node dissection is controversial in terms of postoperative thyroglobulin follow-up of patients with cN0 papillary thyroid cancer

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KORKMAZ M. H., Ocal B., Saylam G., Cakal E., Bayir O., Tutal E., ...More

LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, vol.402, no.2, pp.235-242, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 402 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1007/s00423-017-1556-y
Journal Name: LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.235-242
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose The objective of this study was to investigate whether prophylactic central lymph node dissection (pCLND) facilitates postoperative thyroglobulin (Tg) follow-up in the patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We also questioned whether radioactive iodine (RAI) remnant ablation provides any further advantage in this regard.