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SynthesisInternational wound journal2023

Effect of prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy on surgical site wound infection, hematoma, and haemorrhage in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma: A meta-analysis.

Lingshuang Jin, Limin Liu, Jing Wang, Li Zhang

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Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lingshuang JinDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Shanxi province Cancer Hospital, China.
Limin LiuCenter of Reproduction, Huizhou Central Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangdong, China.
Jing WangDepartment of Pathology, Shanxi province Cancer Hospital, Shanxi, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, Shanxi province Cancer Hospital, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-6782
Shanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital · CNHuizhou Central People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy on surgical site wound infection, hematoma, and haemorrhage in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma. A systematic literature search up to April 2022 was performed and 3517 subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma at the baseline of the studies; 1503 of them were treated with prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy, and 2014 were using total thyroidectomy. Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the effect of prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy on surgical site wound infection, hematoma, and haemorrhage in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma using the dichotomous method with a random or fixed-effect model. The prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy subjects had a significantly lower surgical site wound infection (OR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.20-0.78, P = .007) in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma compared with total thyroidectomy. However, prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy did not show any significant difference in hematoma (OR, 0.08; 95% CI, 0.43-2.71, P = .87), and haemorrhage (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.26-1.97, P = .52) compared with total thyroidectomy in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma. The prophylactic central neck dissection following total thyroidectomy subjects had a significantly higher surgical site wound infection, and no significant difference in hematoma, and haemorrhage compared with total thyroidectomy in subjects with clinically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinoma. The analysis of outcomes should be with caution because of the low number of studies in certain comparisons.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, PapillaryNeck DissectionSurgical Wound InfectionThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsHematomaHemorrhageHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesThyroidectomyTreatment Outcomeclinical node-negative papillary thyroid carcinomahaemorrhageprophylactic central neck dissection followingsurgical site wound infectiontotal thyroidectomy

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PMID35702946
PMCPMC9885457
OpenAlexW4282916719

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