Outcome of Cervical Lymph Nodes Dissection for Thyroid Cancer with Nodal Metastases: A Southeast Asian 3-Year Experience

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Yield of lymph node metastases among those who underwent total thyroidectomy (TT) and lymph node dissection (LND) based on imaging or intraoperative suspicion. CECT, contrast enhanced computed tomography; US, ultrasound; LN, lymph node; TT, total thyroidectomy; LND, lymph node dissection. Suspicious imaging findings include enlarged cervical lymph nodes with short axis more than 5 mm, calcifications, cystic changes, peripheral vascularity, rounded shape, hyperechogenicity, or obliteration of fatty hilum [6]. Suspicious intraoperative findings of cervical lymph node metastases include hard and ill-defined nodes, as well as adherence to surrounding tissue.