2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.04.006
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Surgical drains can be safely avoided in lateral neck dissections for papillary thyroid cancer

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“…Reoperation was curative in both patients and they were discharged on postoperative day 2. Chyle leak patients required drains for a median duration of 12 days (range, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], which was significantly longer than in patients without chyle leak (median, 6 days; range, 2-16; P < .01). There was no association found between drain duration and the risk of SSI.…”
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“…Reoperation was curative in both patients and they were discharged on postoperative day 2. Chyle leak patients required drains for a median duration of 12 days (range, [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], which was significantly longer than in patients without chyle leak (median, 6 days; range, 2-16; P < .01). There was no association found between drain duration and the risk of SSI.…”
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“…Still, chyle leaks and cervical nerve injuries remain the most common sources of morbidity (#8% and #27% of cases, respectively) after selective LND. [8][9][10][11] This study represents a large cohort of patients in which the routine use of surgical drains and physical therapy allowed for the early recognition of procedure-related complications. The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcomes of patients who underwent LND by experienced surgeons at a single high-volume medical center.…”
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“…The remaining comparative studies (44%) did not comment on RAI use. The 20 uncontrolled studies included a prospective cohort study, retrospective analyses, and case series with chart review …”
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“…The remaining comparative studies (44%) did not comment on RAI use. The 20 uncontrolled studies included a prospective cohort study, 5 retrospective analyses, 10,12,[15][16][17]21,25,28,[33][34][35]37,39,47,48,50 and case series with chart review. 6,24,26 Prophylactic Lateral Neck Dissection for the Adult N0 Neck One comparative historical cohort study, 18 one comparative subset analysis, 22 and one retrospective case series 30 assessed prophylactic LND for the N0 neck (Table II, Table III).…”
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