Importance The incidence of detected thyroid cancer cases has been increasing in the
United States since 1975. The majority of thyroid cancers are differentiated cancers with …

Background Lymph nodal involvement is very common in differentiated thyroid cancer, and
in addition, cervical lymph node micrometastases are observed in up to 80% of papillary …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative
neuromonitoring in reducing the postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy rate by a …

Purpose The reported incidence of post surgical hypoparathyroidism (HypoPT) varies
greatly. Previous research suggests that the definition of HypoPT is not consistent in the …

Background Cervical lymph node metastases in papillary thyroid cancer are common.
Although central neck dissection is indicated in clinically nodal-positive disease, it remains …

Background In clinically node-negative patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC),
indications for routine central lymph node dissection (RCLD) are the subject of intensive …

In the last years, especially thanks to a large diffusion of ultrasound-guided FNBs, a
surprising increased incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC),“small” tumors and …

The most appropriate surgical management of “follicular neoplasm/suspicious for follicular
neoplasm” lesions (FN), considering their low definitive malignancy rate and the limited …

Total thyroidectomy (TT) is the standard of care for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), but
still there is no consensus about the role of routine use of prophylactic central lymph node …

Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of intraoperative recurrent laryngeal
nerve monitoring to predict the postoperative functional outcome and the potential role of …