After surgery, patients were asked to attend our hospital for blood tests and ultrasound examinations at least once per year. For patients referred to other hospitals, questionnaires were sent yearly to evaluate their condition. When suspicious lymph nodes were detected by ultrasonography, we performed fine-needle aspiration for cytology and thyroglobulin measurement in the needle washout. If either of these were positive, nodal recurrence was diagnosed.
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