Abstract:Purpose:The extent of prophylactic lateral neck lymph node dissection is very controversial in medullary thyroid cancer. This retrospective study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactic lateral neck lymph node dissection. Methods: A total of 29 patients underwent curative operation for medullary thyroid carcinoma at our institution. Of these 29 patients, 13 patients had prophylactic lateral neck dissection and 16 patients had non-prophylactic lateral neck dissection. Among 13 patients, one-comp… Show more
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