1. Usefulness of intraoperative determination of central lymph node metastasis by palpation in papillary thyroid cancer
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Kim, Wan Wook, Lee, Jeeyeon, Jung, Jin Hyang, Park, Ho Yong, Kim, Won Hwa, Kim, Hye Jung, Park, Ji-Young, and Tufano, Ralph P.
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medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Palpation ,Papillary thyroid cancer ,Metastasis ,03 medical and health sciences ,determination ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,metastasis ,Macrometastasis ,Lymph node ,lcsh:R5-920 ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Thyroidectomy ,lymph node ,medicine.disease ,Central lymph ,Dissection ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,palpation ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,surgeon ,Original Article ,Radiology ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,business - Abstract
Background This study evaluated the usefulness of judgment of central lymph node (LN) metastasis by surgeon's palpation in papillary thyroid cancer. Methods This study included 127 patients who underwent thyroidectomy and central compartment node dissection between October 2014 and February 2015. The criterion for suspicious LNs was hardness. Results Of the 20.5% (28/127) of suspicious for metastatic LNs according to surgeon determination, 92.8% (26/28) were confirmed to be metastatic in the final pathological examinations. Metastatic LNs were found in 38 (38.3%) of 99 patients without suspicious LNs, 29 of whom (76.3%) had micrometastases. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for the determination of LN metastasis by a surgeon were 40.6%, 96.8%, 92.9%, and 61.6%, respectively. Conclusion Determination of central LN metastasis by a surgeon's palpation may be useful to evaluate LNs owing to the high specificity and positive predictive values, especially in macrometastasis or high-risk LN disease.
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- 2020