Concerns in patients undergoing neck dissection surgery

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Summary recommendations

• – Central neck dissection

  • ∘ clinical multifocal PTC /extracapsular invasion /cN1: bilateral central neck dissection

  • ∘ clinical unifocal PTC and cN0: ipsilateral central neck dissection with FSE, if positive bilateral central neck dissection

• – Lateral neck dissection

  • ∘ cN1: in case of evidence of unilateral or bilateral lateral neck nodal metastases unilateral or bilateral selective lateral neck dissection including levels IIa-III-IV-Vb

  • ∘ cN0: no prophylactic lateral neck dissection

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