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Abstract
Background  To compare the “comprehensive” (including bilateral paratracheal, pretracheal, prelaryngeal lymph nodes) (CCND) with “limited”
(saving contralateral paratracheal lymph nodes) central node dissection (LCND) for postoperative complications and disease
recurrence rate in sonographically node-negative papillary thyroid carcinomas.

Materials and Methods  From 2003 to 2005, 114 consecutive patients, diagnosed as sonographically node-negative thyroid papillary carcinomas, were

Abstract
Background  Post-thyroidectomy voice dysfunction may occur in the absence of laryngeal nerve injury. Strap muscle division has been hypothesized
as one potential contributor to dysphonia.

Methods  Vocal-function data, prospectively recorded before and after thyroidectomy from two high-volume referral institutions, were
utilized. Patient-reported symptoms, laryngoscopic, acoustic, and aerodynamic parameters were recorded at 2 weeks and 3 months

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