Preoperative ultrasound-guided injection of nanocarbon for central lymph node dissection in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma
Ying Wang, Yan Si, Jing Wu, Hui Lu, Jifu Wei, Qiang Ding · 2024
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Description
Ying Wang and co-authors test a dye method for thyroid cancer surgery in a 2024 study. Papillary thyroid cancer can spread to lymph nodes in the center of the neck, and surgeons remove those nodes. A dye made of nanocarbon turns the nodes black so they are easy to spot. The question was when to inject it: before surgery with ultrasound guidance, or during the operation.
Three hundred two patients were split at random between the two timing plans. The early injection spilled less dye into nearby tissue. It also stained and revealed more nodes in two of the central groups. The gain was largest for patients with an inflamed thyroid, nodes already flagged as positive, or tumors wider than a centimeter. The authors favor the early, guided injection for cleaner and fuller node removal.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Wang, Yan Si, Jing Wu, Hui Lu, Jifu Wei, Qiang Ding |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |