Re-operative neck surgery for well-differentiated thyroid cancer of follicular origin.
This review focuses on the pathologic criteria for completion thyroidectomy in well differentiated thyroid cancer as well the diagnosis and treatment of recurrent disease. The roles of ultrasound in the diagnosis of a cervical recurrence, its value in determining the extent of lymph node dissection in the lateral compartment, and the importance of intra-operative ultrasound in re-operative thyroid surgery are discussed.
Monchik
Jack M
JM
Division of Endocrine Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. monchikjmm@yahoo.com
DeLellis
Ronald A
RA
D018263:Adenocarcinoma, Follicular / Q000601:surgery; D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000601:surgery; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D012086:Reoperation; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014463:Ultrasonography