There are multiple definitions:

1. central lymph node dissection(English)

   • important component of the surgical treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer. The indication is the presence of image-positive metastases in level VI lymph nodes; the elective dissection of radiographically normal central compartment lymph nodes in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer remains controversial
   • TLND
   • Thyroid and parathyroid, Surgery, Oncology, Lymphatic system/lymphoma
   • https://doi.org/10.2217/ije.14.1
   • https://doi.org…1002/cncr.24852

2. completion lymph node dissection(English)

   • may refer to patients who are at increased risk for regional nodal recurrence
   • SLN, TLND, MSLT
   • Lymphatic system/lymphoma, Surgery, Microscopy
   • https://doi.org…urg.2015.12.042
   • https://doi.org…jps.2021.09.077