Yudong Ning, Yuebai Liu, Dingfen Zeng, Yuqiu Zhou, Linjie Ma, Shuang Dong, Jianfeng Sheng, Gaosong Wu, Wen Tian, Yongcong Cai, Chao Li
OBJECTIVE: To explore relevant clinical factors of level IIB and contralateral level VI lymph node metastasis and evaluate the safety of low-collar extended incision (LCEI) for lymph node dissection in level II for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with pN1b. METHOD: A retrospective analysis was performed on 218 patients with PTC with pN1b who were treated surgically in the Head and Neck Surgery Center of Sichuan Cancer Hospital from September 2021 to May 2022. Data on age, sex, body mass index (BMI), tumor location, maximum tumor diameter, multifocality, Braf gene, T staging, surgical incision style, and lymph node metastasis in each cervical subregion were collected...
August 17, 2023: World Journal of Surgical Oncology