Daniel J. Rocke, et al. - Researchers investigated the complication profile for total thyroidectomy with and without concomitant lateral neck dissection using the IBM MarketScan Commercial Database (2010–2014). The database yielded data from 55,204 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy or equivalent procedures. Total thyroidectomy with concomitant unilateral lateral neck dissection was undertaken in 2,743; of these, 560 patients underwent bilateral lateral neck dissection. They observed an increase in both overall and permanent complication rates for total thyroidectomy when unilateral and especially bilateral lateral neck dissection were additionally performed.