A Preoperative Nomogram for the Prediction of High-Volume Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-volume lymph node metastasis (HVLNM, equal to or more than 5 lymph nodes) is one of the adverse features indicating high recurrence risk in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and is recommended as one of the indications of completion thyroidectomy for patients undergoing thyroid lobectomy at first. In this study, we aim to develop a preoperative nomogram for the prediction of HVLNMs in the central compartment in PTC (cT_1-2N₀M₀), where preoperative imaging techniques perform poor.

Methods

From October 2016 to April 2021, 423 patients were included, who were diagnosed as PTC (cT_1-2N₀M₀) and underwent total thyroidectomy and prophylactic central compartment neck dissection in our center. Demographi

SUBMITTER: Lin P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8729159 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature