Treatment Choices in Managing Bethesda III and IV Thyroid Nodules: A Canadian Multi-institutional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient-centered decision making is increasingly identified as a desirable component of medical care. To manage indeterminate thyroid nodules, patients are offered the options of surveillance, diagnostic hemithyroidectomy, or molecular testing. Our objective was to identify factors associated with decision making in this population.

Study design

This is a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients with Bethesda III and IV thyroid nodules.

Setting

Multi-institutional.

Methods

Factors of interest included age, sex, socioeconomic status (SES), nodule size, institution, attending surgeon, surgeon payment model, and hospital type. Our outcome of interest was the initial management decision made by patients.

Results

A total of 956 patients were

SUBMITTER: Kuta V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8239982 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature