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Abstract
Background  Elevated thyroglobulin (Tg) levels post surgery are associated with disease recurrence in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).
The aim of this study is to determine which clinicopathological factors influence Tg elevation following surgery and radio-iodine
ablation (RAI) for PTC.

Methods  A retrospective study of consecutive patients undergoing total thyroidectomy and RAI for PTC was carried out. Prophylactic
central neck dissection (CND) was performed if the diagnosis of PTC was made preoperatively. Lateral neck dissection (LND)