Journal of Medical Insight 2373-6003 JoMI Boston, Massachusetts 462 10.24296/jomi/462 Research article Open Total Thyroidectomy and Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Cancer in the Setting of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis 2025 2025 04 2017 Journal of Medical Insight 2017 You may create an account, or sign in to gain temporary access for evaluation purposes. To maintain access: please let your librarian know you would like a subscription or send us an email at subscribe@jomi.com and we will forward your feedback to your librarian. Content is available at https://jomi.com/article/462/open-total-thyroidectomy-and-central-neck-dissection-for-papillary-thyroid-cancer-in-the-setting-of-hashimotos-thyroiditis

Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common type of thyroid malignancy. While prognosis is overall favorable, many patients present with clinically positive lymph nodes, most commonly in the central neck compartment. Total thyroidectomy with central lymph node dissection is the treatment of choice in these patients.

 Female Adult Advanced Open thyroidectomy Hashimoto's thyroidtis thyroid thyroid gland ishthmus thyroid cancer cancer papillary thyroid carcinoma central neck dissection SCORE Has Animation