Lateral Cervical Node Dissection in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.

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Conditions studied: Thyroid Cancer

In brief

The objective of this study is to compare shoulder and neck morbidity and the effectiveness of cervical lateral nodal dissection in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and lateral metastases between the anterior and posterior approaches to the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06149637

Run by

Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello

People needed

62

Starts

2023-08-01

Expected to finish

2028-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients ≥ 18 years.
• Patients with macroscopic lymph node involvement identified by physical examination, imaging or intraoperatively in lateral neck.
• Patients with microscopic nodal involvement confirmed by FNAB (definition by the pathologist of suspected or confirmed metastatic papillary carcinoma according to the Bethesda criteria)
• Candidates for lateral lymph node dissection due to suspected or confirmed disease metastatic lymph nodes as defined by the treating surgeon.
• Patients requiring or not requiring thyroidectomy and/or central dissection concomitant with the dissection

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with a history of previous neck dissection
• Histological confirmation of medullary or anaplastic carcinoma
• Previous spinal nerve injury

Where it is running

• Hospital Alma Mater de Antioquia — Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia (enrolling)

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