Candidates for Limited Lateral Neck Dissection among Patients with Metastatic Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Abstract

Patients with image-based, isolated lateral level IV involvement and no macroscopic extranodal extension are potential candidates for limited level III-IV dissection or prophylactic level II lymphadenectomy omission. Level V lymphadenectomy may be omitted in patients without macroscopic extranodal extension.