• 1. Department of General Surgery, Pudong Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai 200210, China;
  • 2. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China;
DAIWen-jie, Email: davidhmu@163.com
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Objective To analyze the predictive factors for central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC), and explore the treatment method for the patients with PTMC. Method The literatures were reviewed according to the results searched from PubMed in recent years. Results Central lymph node metastases were common in the patients with PTMC. It was important for prophylactic central lymph node dissection so it might reduce the local recurrence and comfirm the clinical staging, further more provide the strategies for the postoperative therapy. Conclusions Lymphadenectomy is necessary for patients with lymph node metastasis. Prophylactic central lymph node dissection should be performed for patients without lymph node metastasis but with one risk factor or more.

Citation: CUIPeng, XUDe-quan, YINYue, DAIWen-jie. Research Progress of Lymph Node Dissection in Treatment of cN0 Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2015, 22(11): 1405-1409. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20150368 Copy

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