Risk of needing completion thyroidectomy for low‐risk papillary thyroid cancers treated by lobectomy

Background Low‐risk differentiated thyroid cancers may, according to the American Thyroid Association (ATA) 2015 guidelines, be managed initially with lobectomy. However, definitive risk categorization requires pathological assessment of the specimen, resulting in completion thyroidectomy being reco...

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Published in:	BJS open Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 299 - 304
Main Authors:	DiMarco, A. N., Wong, M. S., Jayasekara, J., Cole‐Clark, D., Aniss, A., Glover, A. R., Delbridge, L. W., Sywak, M. S., Sidhu, S. B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2019 Oxford University Press
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biopsy Clinical Decision Rules Conservative Treatment - adverse effects Dissection Female Histology Histopathology Humans Hypoparathyroidism - epidemiology Iodine Lymphatic system Male Metastasis Middle Aged Neoplasm Invasiveness - pathology Original Outcome Assessment, Health Care Patients Postoperative Complications - epidemiology Postoperative Period Preoperative Period Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Surgeons Surgery Surgical outcomes Thyroid cancer Thyroid Cancer, Papillary - surgery Thyroid Neoplasms - surgery Thyroidectomy - methods Thyroidectomy - statistics & numerical data Thyroidectomy - trends
ISSN:	2474-9842, 2474-9842
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