Long-term outcome of comprehensive central compartment dissection in patients with recurrent/persistent papillary thyroid carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persistent or recurrent papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) occurs in some patients after initial thyroid surgery and often, radioactive iodine treatment. Here, we identify the efficacy, safety, and long-term outcome of our current surgical management paradigm for persistent/recurrent PTC in the central compartment in an interdisciplinary thyroid cancer clinical and research program at a tertiary thyroid cancer referral center.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed our standardized approach of comprehensive bilateral level VI/VII lymph node dissection (SND [VI, VII]) for cytologically confirmed PTC in the central compartment.

Results

From 1994 to 2004, 210 patients, median age 42 (range 12-82) underwent SND (VI, VII). Most patients (106, 51%) had already underg

SUBMITTER: Clayman GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3968954 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature