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World J Surg Proced. Jul 28, 2015; 5(2): 177-186
Published online Jul 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i2.177
Published online Jul 28, 2015. doi: 10.5412/wjsp.v5.i2.177
Central neck compartment dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma: An update
César P Ramírez-Plaza, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital Quirón Málaga, 29004 Málaga, Spain
Author contributions: Ramírez-Plaza CP solely contributed to this paper.
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Correspondence to: Dr. César P Ramírez-Plaza, MD, Chief of General and Digestive Surgery Department, Hospital Quirón Málaga, Avenida Imperio Argentina, 1, 29004 Málaga, Spain. cprptot@gmail.com
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Received: October 1, 2014
Peer-review started: October 3, 2014
First decision: October 28, 2014
Revised: January 26, 2015
Accepted: March 18, 2015
Article in press: March 20, 2015
Published online: July 28, 2015
Processing time: 279 Days and 14.2 Hours
Peer-review started: October 3, 2014
First decision: October 28, 2014
Revised: January 26, 2015
Accepted: March 18, 2015
Article in press: March 20, 2015
Published online: July 28, 2015
Processing time: 279 Days and 14.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: When papillary thyroid cancer is discussed anywhere, there are two main matters of controversial which centralize the debates. The first one is the need of having an uniform standardization of the concepts related to the dissection of the central compartment: limits and terminology. The second point is about the concept of prophylactic dissection of the central compartment if patients with neither clinical nor radiological nodal disease related to papillary thryroid carcinoma. Both of the points are clearly defined in this paper and the readers will have clear ideas about what to when facing a papillary thyroid carcinoma.