Central neck lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer: Comparison of complication and recurrence rates in 295 initial dissections and reoperations

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-275

  Shen, Wen T ^a   Ogawa, Lauren ^a   Ruan, Daniel ^a   Suh, Insoo ^a   Kebebew, Electron ^a   Duh, Quan Yang ^a   Clark, Orlo H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; THYROID CANCER; THYROID PAPILLARY CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951030558     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.9     Document Type: Article

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