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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2006.12.006 Byline: Christian Scheuba (a), Christian Bieglmayer (b), Reza Asari (a), Klaus Kaczirek (a), Barbara Izay (a), Klaus Kaserer (c), Bruno Niederle (a) Abstract: The decrease of calcitonin levels after curative operation in patients with medullary thyroid cancer is characterized by individual variation; therefore, intraoperative calcitonin measurements to evaluate the completeness of the resection seem to not be feasible. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an intraoperative pentagastrin test after thyroidectomy and central neck dissection is useful to predict lymph node involvement of the lateral neck. Author Affiliation: (a) Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria (b) Clinical Institute for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Vienna, Austria (c) Department of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Article History: Accepted 23 August 2006 Article Note: (footnote) Supported in part by