… We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients with PTC who underwent total
thyroidectomy or unilateral thyroid lobectomy between 2006 and 2012 at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, …

… All patients with persistent disease were initially treated with total thyroidectomy and
radioiodine. Recurrence occurred in only three patients. After 8.3 ± 3.8 years of follow-up, eight …

… However, prophylactic CND for cN0 PTC patients remains controversial as these patients …
, who were randomly treated with total thyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy plus CND. These …

… and cN0, the initial surgical procedure should be a thyroid … Total thyroidectomy remains by
far the most common surgery utilized at each tumor stage for known Papillary Thyroid Cancers…

… Although lobectomy is a viable alternative to total thyroidectomy (TT) in low-risk 1 to 4 cm
papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), lobectomy is associated with higher locoregional recurrence …

… In 2014, thyroid carcinoma was expected to be newly diagnosed in … from therapy additional
to total thyroidectomy such as prophylactic … All were clinically node negative (cN0). Patient …

… may exceed that of total thyroidectomy and serum TG follow-… concluded that total thyroidectomy,
even in low-risk disease, … carcinoma is another potential benefit of total thyroidectomy. …

… Clinical data noted was tumor size (T), clinical nodal status (cN), pathologic nodal status (pN…
follicular cell derived thyroid cancers. Total thyroidectomy is the recommended surgical …

… papillary thyroid carcinoma without clinical evidence of lymph node metastases, prophylactic
central compartment lymph node dissection may not be required if total thyroidectomy … cN0 …

… charts of 97 patients with cN0 PTC who had undergone total thyroidectomy (TT) and … total
thyroidectomy and prophylactic central lymph node dissection for papillary thyroid cancer that …