Sentinel lymph node biopsy in papillary thyroid cancer: Comparison study of blue dye method and combined radioisotope and blue dye method in papillary thyroid cancer

SLNB was found to be feasible, repeatable, and accurate in evaluating the lymph node status in patient with DTC. The present study indicates that the combined method could reduce false negative rate and increase detection rates of sentinel lymph node metastases, especially in lateral neck, compared to the dye only method.