Clinical Trial: Prophylactic Selective Lateral Neck Dissection in Patients With Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: The Effectiveness of Prophylactic Selective Lateral Neck Dissection in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients With Central Neck Metastasis

Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to prospectively analyze the incidence of occult lateral neck metastasis (LNM) and to elucidate the factors that predict LNM in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) with central neck metastasis (CNM) by performing prophylactic selective lateral neck dissection (SND).