Thyroid lobectomy is sufficient for differentiated thyroid cancer with upgraded risk after surgery

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is difficult to reliably distinguish between American Thyroid Association (ATA) low-risk and intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) before surgery. Therefore, physicians are faced with a dilemma regarding the necessity and timing of completion total thyroidectomy (CT) after thyroid lobectomy (TL). We evaluated proper surgical methods by analyzing oncologic outcomes of TL in patients with DTC whose risk had been upgraded after surgery.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 1,702 patients with DTC who underwent TL and ipsilateral central lymph node (LN) dissection between January 2006 and December 2011. The patients were classified into Group A (n=1,159; low risk; ≤5 central LN metastases or the absence of pathologic microsc

SUBMITTER: Choi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9547714 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature