… case–control matching of 528 patients, no significant difference between lobectomy and total
thyroidectomy … For exact evaluation of the outcomes of lobectomy, an even longer follow-up …

… study, based on a large number of cases of differentiated thyroid cancers treated by thyroid
lobectomy, … It has previously been suggested that taking into account long-term follow-up and …

… -risk cases in an attempt to preserve thyroid function… study provides accurate long-term
follow-up data on survival for patients with high-risk, M0 PTC and curative surgery with lobectomy …

… (57) published a 10-year-follow-up study comparing 1–5 … study including 1,088 PTC patients
who underwent TL plus central and/or lateral neck dissection, observed improved long-term …

… rate after thyroid lobectomy in 1088 PTC patients with a median … A few cases of PTC >1
cm were included in our study … Long-term follow-up to obtain accurate information on post-…

… This study compared the long-term outcomes of patients with … [4] reported that 1088 patients
with PTC in whom the tumor … number of patients and long-term follow-up. To minimize the …

… that develop during long-term follow-up can readily be … -risk cases, may lower the need for
total thyroidectomy and lead … the intensity and type of early follow-up studies. However, these …

… fine needle aspiration in case of a ‘palpable thyroid nodule’. … for this study is recurrence,
and considering same follow-up … has no significant impact on the study results. Nevertheless, …

… case-control study performed at a national cancer center. … The follow-up period was from
the time of surgery, and both … did not produce compromised long-term results compared with …

… thyroidectomy or who were lost to follow-up. The high incidence of thyroid lobectomy in …
However, PTC is a slow growing cancer with excellent long-term survival, and we believe …