Surgical Extent of Central Lymph Node Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Located in the Isthmus: A Propensity Scoring Matched Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To assess the risk factor for the central lymph node (CLN) metastasis and investigated the surgery extent of lymph node dissection for patients with isthmic PTC (papillary thyroid carcinoma).

Materials and methods

A total of 669 patients with a single nodule of isthmic PTC were retrospectively reviewed. The propensity score matching was performed twice separately. 176 patients respectively from patients who underwent thyroidectomy plus bilateral central lymph node dissection (BCLND) and who underwent thyroidectomy plus unilateral central lymph node dissection (UCLND) were matched. 77 patients were respectively selected from patients who underwent thyroidectomy plus BCLND and who underwent thyroidectomy with no central lymph node dissection (NCLND) were matched.<

SUBMITTER: Shuai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240638 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature