There has been a long debate about the optimal surgical management of differentiated
thyroid cancer. It has focused on the extent of thyroidectomy, with recommendations ranging …

Completion thyroidectomy is defined as the surgical removal of the remnant thyroid tissue
following procedures less than total or near‐total thyroidectomy. The extent of surgical …

The extent of surgery for thyroid cancer continues to be an area of controversy in endocrine
surgery. The options for treatment include thyroid lobectomy and isthmusectomy or a total …

Simple Summary Total thyroidectomy used to be recommended for all thyroid cancers. We
now know that some thyroid cancers have a relatively low risk of recurrence. Today, for …

AIMS: There is considerable controversy concerning the most appropriate surgical treatment
of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). Although some authors have …

Recently, there have been important advances in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer as well as
in our understanding of the biologic nature of thyroid cancer. Most patients with thyroid …

Summary Background Data The extent of primary thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid
cancer is controversial. There are strong proponents for total thyroidectomy based on its …

Background Surgical resection is the key to management of thyroid cancer, but determining
the optimal surgical procedure for individual cases has been controversial. Methods The …

Controversy continues regarding the optimal management of patients with differentiated
thyroid cancer because no prospective randomized studies evaluating the merits of (1) …

The extent of thyroid surgery for patients with low-and intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid
carcinoma (DTC), with a primary tumour< 4 cm and no extrathyroidal extension (ETE) or …