Application of Carbon Nanoparticles in Neck Dissection of Clinically Node-Negative Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Figure 3

The parathyroid glands were not stained because of sharing different lymphatic systems. Therefore, CN suspensions did help highlight parathyroid glands (a) (→ indicates the unstained parathyroid gland). (b–d) shows the staining of lymph nodes by CN in levels VI (b) and III (c, d). White arrows indicate the black-stained lymph nodes.

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