## Abstract ## Background The role of routine central compartment neck dissection in papillary thyroid cancer is controversial. ## Methods A retrospective medical record review was conducted of 83 patients with papillary thyroid cancer who received either total or hemithyroidectomy and central c
Compartment-mediated dissection for papillary thyroid cancer
β Scribed by Jeffrey F. Moley; S. A. Wells
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Volume
- 384
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-2451
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