Is Intraoperative Calcitonin Monitoring Useful to Modulate the Extension of Neck Dissection in Patie...
Is Intraoperative Calcitonin Monitoring Useful to Modulate the Extension of Neck Dissection in Patients With Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma?
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Boston: Springer US
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English
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The extension of the compartment-oriented neck dissection at primary surgery in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is controversial. Because a <50 % decrease in intraoperative calcitonin levels (IO-CT) after total thyroidectomy plus central neck dissection (TT-CND) has been associated with residual disease, IO-CT monitoring has been pr...
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Is Intraoperative Calcitonin Monitoring Useful to Modulate the Extension of Neck Dissection in Patients With Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1499138284
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1499138284
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0364-2313
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1432-2323
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10.1007/s00268-013-2328-7
