Background Until 2015, standard of care for low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)> 1 cm
was a total or near-total thyroidectomy. Despite changes in guidelines and surgical …

Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines called for
consideration of thyroid lobectomy (TL) as an acceptable surgical treatment for small and …

Methods A systematic literature review was performed on Pubmed, EMBASE, Scopus and
Cochrane Library databases using a combination of the keywords: papillary thyroid …

Background Thyroid lobectomy (TL) has been proposed as definitive surgical treatment for
papillary thyroid cancers (PTC) up to 4 cm. This study evaluates the use and …

Background Low-risk differentiated thyroid cancers may, according to the American Thyroid
Association (ATA) 2015 guidelines, be managed initially with lobectomy. However, definitive …

Background The continued debate over total thyroidectomy versus lobectomy and declining
favor for prophylactic central neck dissection for patients with clinically node-negative …

Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines endorsed
lobectomy for patients with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) measuring 1–4 cm …

Purpose Recent clinical practice guidelines consider thyroid lobectomy a viable alternative
for low-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma PTC measuring 1–4 cm in size. We aimed to assess …

Background: The 2015 American Thyroid Association Guidelines (Guidelines) permit thyroid
lobectomy (TL) or total thyroidectomy (TT) in the management of low-risk papillary thyroid …

Background 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 …