Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid isthmus has lack of normal parenchyma, and it connects both of thyroid lobes with lymphatic drainage. It is known that isthmic papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) presents frequent extrathyroidal extensions (ETE), multifocality and lymph node involvement. Therefore, many surgeons prefer total thyroidectomy and central compartment neck dissection (CCND) for the radical treatment of PTC located in thyroid isthmus. The purpose of this study is to figure out the c...