Morbidity and long-term survival in patients with cervical re-exploration for papillary thyroid carcinoma

Abstract

Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has a favorable prognosis following one-stage surgical therapy, whereas two-stage resections bear the risk of increased morbidity and possibly impaired prognosis. To further elucidate the value of surgical re-exploration in PTC, a retrospective study was performed.

Keywords

• hypocalcemia
• prognosis
• recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis
• two-stage resections