In endocrine surgery, controversy abounds. It is difficult, in fact, to find a topic in surgical
endocrinology for which there is little or no controversy. The management of cervical nodal …

The concept of individualized therapy is rapidly gaining recognition in the management of
patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). This Review provides an overview of the …

Background The issue of whether all incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC)
should be managed by early surgery (ES) has been questioned and there is a growing …

Abstract Background The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines recommended
either total thyroidectomy or lobectomy for surgical treatment of low-risk differentiated thyroid …

Background The management of low-risk micropapillary thyroid cancer< 1 cm in size has
come into question, because recent data have shown that nonoperative active surveillance …

Objectives. This study evaluated the benefits of performing prophylactic central neck
dissection (CND) with total thyroidectomy (TT) in management of papillary thyroid carcinoma …

Background Prophylactic central neck dissection in clinically low-risk cT1bT2N0 papillary
thyroid carcinoma is controversial, due to a large number of conflicting retrospective studies …

Background Molecular diagnostics can allow some patients with indeterminate thyroid
nodule cytopathology to avoid diagnostic hemithyroidectomy; however, the testing is costly …

Background In an effort to reduce overdiagnosis of low-risk thyroid cancer, recent clinical
guidelines increased the size-based biopsy thresholds for thyroid nodules. The cost …

RESULTS: Fourteen patients (8.1%) were found to have CLN metastases. Eleven (78.6%) of
the patients with CLN metastases had tumors larger than 5 mm, and 3 (21.4%) patients with …