Methods
primary papillary thyroid carcinoma
PRIMARY PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA
This was a prospective controlled study that included 100 patients with primary papillary thyroid carcinoma diagnosed in Beijing Tongren Hospital between June 2021 and April 2022 who were awaiting total thyroidectomy and bilateral neck dissection. The patients were randomly divided into an experimental group in whom step-by-step NIRAF imaging was used to identify parathyroid glands, and a control group in whom NIRAF was not used.