Journal article
Patterns of regional recurrence in papillary thyroid cancer patients with lateral neck metastases undergoing neck dissection
Abstract
BackgroundPractice variability exists for the extent of neck dissection undertaken for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) metastatic to the lateral neck nodes, with disagreement over routine level V dissection.MethodsWe performed a retrospective medical record review of PTC patients with lateral neck nodal metastases treated at University Health Network from 2000 to 2012. Predictive factors for regional neck recurrence, including extent of …
Authors
Xu JJ; Yu E; McMullen C; Pasternak J; Brierley J; Tsang R; Zhang H; Eskander A; Rotstein L; Sawka AM
Journal
Journal of Otolaryngology, Vol. 46, No. 1,
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
1 2017
DOI
10.1186/s40463-017-0221-3
ISSN
1916-0208