Survey of Korean head and neck surgeons and endocrinologists for the surgical extent of 1.5 and 2.5 cm papillary thyroid carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The surgical extent of 1-4 cm papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is controversial. We aimed to determine the current trend in the extent of thyroidectomy and prophylactic central neck dissection (pCND) for 1.5 and 2.5 cm PTC, which are the most clinically controversial sizes.

Methods

The questionnaire was sent to 342 Korean Society of Head and Neck Surgery and 160 one branch of Korean Endocrine Society members from June to July 2021 by e-mail. A questionnaire included extent of thyroidectomy [hemithyroidectomy (Hemi) vs. total thyroidectomy (TT)] and pCND according to the tumor location and degree of extrathyroidal extension (ETE) at 1.5 or 2.5 cm PTC. We compared the proportion of respondents' preference for each scenario.

Results

Fifty-seven of 342

SUBMITTER: Cheon YI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742055 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature