Lateral neck dissection for the treatment of synchronous and metachronous lateral neck metastasis of N1b papillary thyroid cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Metachronous lateral neck recurrence after thyroidectomy for N1b papillary thyroid cancer is accompanied by high morbidity and increased difficulty of reoperation. From the perspective of recurrence, the objective of this study was to compare patients who underwent metachronous lateral neck dissection (mLND) despite initial thyroidectomy and patients who underwent synchronous lateral neck dissection (sLND) for papillary thyroid cancer and analyze the risk factors for recurrence after mLND.

Method

This retrospective study involved 1,760 patients who underwent lateral neck dissection for papillary thyroid cancer at the Gangnam Severance Hospital, a tertiary medical center in Korea, from June 2005 to December 2016. The primary outcome was structural recurrence, and

SUBMITTER: Yun HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10325561 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature