title: [Surgical treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma--report of 437 cases].
abstract: Four hundred and thirty-seven patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma were treated from April 1963 to December 1989. The main treatment was surgery which was divided into 4 types: lobectomy combined with neck dissection (RND or MND); total thyroidectomy; isthmusectomy plus lobectomy; lobectomy combined with RND and then followed by contralateral MND. The 10-year survival rates of these four groups were 88.6%, 89.5%, 80% and 80%, respectively. The over-all 5-, 10- and 15-year survival rates were 92.7%, 87.9% and 79.4%. Lymph node metastasis was present in 80%. The authors believe that functional neck dissection is indicated if the number of lymph node is limited and the size is small.
authors.affiliation: Tumor Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong.
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D037981:Neck Dissection; D012008:Recurrence; D015996:Survival Rate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods