关键词: 颈淋巴结清扫术, 指南, 范围, 指征

Abstract: Transition of operation boundary and indication of neck lymph node dissection for thyroid cancer in domestic and foreign clinical practice guidelines        QIN Yuan, ZHANG Hao. Department of Thyroid Surgery, the First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
Corresponding author: ZHANG Hao,E-mail：haozhang@cmu.edu.cn
Abstract    Neck lymph node dissection is the main treatment for neck lymph node metastasis of thyroid cancer.Irregular neck lymph node dissection will lead to the residual of metastatic lymph nodes，increase the risk of recurrence and reduce the survival rate.With the publication of more and more high-quality evidence-based medicine documents，the neck lymph node dissection part of the relevant guidelines is also constantly updated.

Key words: neck lymph node dissection, guideline, boundary, indication