2022
DOI: 10.21037/gs-22-158
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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 medic… Show more

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“…In this issue of Gland Surgery , Choi and coworkers ( 1 ) provide data that may help clinicians making their wise decisions when faced with this situation. The authors looked at patients whose American Thyroid Association (ATA) risk classification was upstaged from low to intermediate after incidental findings of lymph node micrometastasis or microscopic ETE.…”
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“…In this issue of Gland Surgery , Choi and coworkers ( 1 ) provide data that may help clinicians making their wise decisions when faced with this situation. The authors looked at patients whose American Thyroid Association (ATA) risk classification was upstaged from low to intermediate after incidental findings of lymph node micrometastasis or microscopic ETE.…”
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confidence: 99%