Linked Life Data

17623613

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/17623613

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
The preoperative evaluation of the clinically N0 neck and the operative management of cervical lymph nodes in patients with papillary and medullary thyroid cancer remains controversial. The appreciation that even patients with low-risk disease have a significant risk for recurrence has generated interest in a more comprehensive preoperative evaluation of the neck and has renewed debate on the extent of lymphadenectomy at the time of thyroidectomy. The authors recommend using preoperative ultrasound before thyroidectomy for all patients with thyroid cancer and before any subsequent surgeries for recurrent disease to identify the extent of lymph node metastases and thereby facilitate complete surgical removal of all gross disease in the neck. The optimal surgical procedure for removing cervical lymphadenopathy is compartment-oriented neck dissection based on the findings from preoperative ultrasound.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1540-1405
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
623-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of lymph node dissection in primary surgery for thyroid cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-1402, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't