Prophylactic lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma: is there a place for lateral neck dissection?
In preoperatively N0 PTC patients, LN metastases are frequent in central and ipsilateral lateral compartments. Prophylactic LND in the central and ipsilateral lateral compartments should therefore be recommended in the presence of PTC to identify high-risk patients.
Our results confirm the role of activated neutrophils in aggravating organ injury in acute pancreatitis while the role of Kupffer cell activation is less obvious.