Resumen de Surgery for Thyroid Cancer

Glenda G. Callender, Tobias Carling, Emily Christison-Lagay, Robert Udelsman

• The incidence of thyroid cancer, particularly papillary thyroid cancer, is rising at an epidemic rate. The mainstay of treatment of most patients with thyroid cancer is surgery. Considerable controversy exists about the extent of thyroid surgery and lymph node resection in patients with thyroid cancer. Surgical experience in judgment and technique is required to achieve optimal patient outcomes.