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Total Thyroidectomy with Comprehensive Central and Lateral Neck Dissection for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

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Total thyroidectomy with comprehensive central and lateral neck dissection represents the standard surgical treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) with lateral neck lymph node involvement (N1b) [1–7].

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  1. Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Marco Raffaelli & Carmela De Crea

  2. Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

    Luca Sessa

  3. Center of Endocrine and Obesity Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Rocco Bellantone

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Raffaelli, M., De Crea, C., Sessa, L., Bellantone, R. (2022). Total Thyroidectomy with Comprehensive Central and Lateral Neck Dissection for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. In: Shifrin, A. (eds) Atlas of Thyroid Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93673-0_17

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