Predictive factors for central compartment lymph node metastasis in thyroid papillary microcarcinoma

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-662

  Lee, Sang Hyuk ^a   Lee, Seung Suk ^a   Jin, Sung Min ^a   Kim, Jin Hwan ^b   Rho, Young Soo ^b,c  

^a School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastasis; Microcarcinoma; Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PAPILLARY MICROCARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NECK MUSCLES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 41849149368     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318161f9d1     Document Type: Article

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