Clinical implications of Delphian lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-institution study, systemic review and meta-analysis.

J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg · 2019 · PMC6716924 · PMID 31470907

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Studies showed that PTC recurrence was slightly higher in DLN-positive than in DLN-negative patients, although the difference did not reach statistical significance [ 12 , 16 ].

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