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ArticleJournal of thyroid research2018

Regional Node Distribution in Papillary Thyroid Cancer with Microscopic Metastasis.

Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-López, Alejandro Ordoñez-Rueda, Felipe-Rafael Zaldivar-Ramírez, Erich Basurto-Kuba

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Article in Journal of thyroid research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The localization of thyroid cancers on the thyroid gland is a new risk factor for metastases of perithyroidal, peritracheal and central lymph nodes.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis-Mauricio Hurtado-LópezThyroid Clinic, General Surgery Service, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-2387-2023
Alejandro Ordoñez-RuedaThyroid Clinic, General Surgery Service, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Felipe-Rafael Zaldivar-RamírezThyroid Clinic, General Surgery Service, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Erich Basurto-KubaThyroid Clinic, General Surgery Service, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico.
Hospital General de México · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOptimal neck lymphadenectomy in patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and microscopic lymph node metastasis needs to be defined in order to aid surgeons in their decision about the best way to proceed in these cases.

methodsPatients who underwent total thyroidectomy and lymphadenectomy at levels IIa to VI were divided into two groups: Group 1 (G1) with macroscopic metastasis detected before surgery and Group 2 (G2) with microscopic metastasis detected in sentinel node during surgery. Odds ratio (OR) was computed for age, sex, tumor size, multicentricity, capsular invasion, vascular/lymphatic permeation, and nodes with metastasis.

resultsPrimary tumor size was (G1 versus G2, respectively) 3.8 cm versus 1.98 cm (P<0.001); only lymphatic permeation was correlated to an increase in metastasis in lymph nodes 65.4% versus 25% (OR=5.6, p<0.001); metastatic frequency by region was IIa 18.5% versus 1.5%, III 24.3% versus 9.9%, IV 17.4% versus 18.1%, and VI 25.9% versus 71,2%. Metastasis to level V was found only in G1.

conclusionSelective lymphadenectomy at levels III, IV, and VI is optimal for PTC patients without preoperative evidence of lymph node disease, but who present with lymph node microscopic metastasis in an intraoperative assessment.

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