Research Progress In Metastatic Cervical Lymph Node Dissection Of Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

Objective: To investigate research progress in metastatic cervical lymph node dissection of thyroid papillary carcinoma.Method: To analyze and summarize all the related literatures about metastatic cervical lymph node dissection of thyroid papillary carcinoma by the key words of Papillary thyroid carcinoma, Lymph node and Metastasis in the database of How Net, Wan Fang, VIP network and Pubmed data from January 2000 to December 2004.Result: The incidence of thyroid papillary carcinoma is higher and higher.Reasonable cervical lymph node dissection of thyroid papillary carcinoma is the key factor to prevent the recurrence of the disease and improve the quality of patients,life.Currently, clinical research in metastatic cervical lymph node has made remarkable progress. Due to the intricate anatomical structure of cervical anterior region, surgical complications would be very common if we were not familiar with this area. In addition, because of the superb prognosis and high survival rate and the lack of prospective study, whether metastatic cervical lymph node dissection of the thyroid papillary carcinoma is still remaining drastic debate. But most scholars believe that the major impact factors of metastatic lymph node include gender, age, tumor size, pathologic staging and local capsular invasion. At present,metastatic cervical lymph node dissection of thyroid papillary carcinoma tend to be individualized.Conclusion: The prognosis of papillary thyroid cancer is perfect and survival rate is high. According to the condition of patients to implement individualized surgicaltreatment can effectively reduce the local recurrence and improve the quality of patients’ life.