Endocrine Abstracts

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...