ea0032p1087 | Thyroid cancer | ECE2013
Dzodic Radan
, Markovic Ivan
, Djurisic Igor
, Buta Marko
, Jevric Marko
, Oruci Merima
, Inic Zorka
, Milovanovic Zorka
, Pupic Gordana
Background: The accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in decisions for surgical management of lymph nodes in thyroid carcinoma (TC) was demonstrated in a few previous studies. SLNB was started in good selected cases of medullary TC (MTC) and it is a promising method. Its application to avoid prophylactic neck dissectionAim: To determine whether SLNB of first draining node/s in jugulo-carotid chain is accurate technique to select patients with tru...