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10-year experience of total thyroidectomy with special reference to 85 thyroid cancers in one Italian centre
M Musella1, N Innaro, P Castaldo
1Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Reggio Calabria-Catanzaro Medical School, Catanzaro, Italy.
Abstract:
The ideal surgical approach for differentiated thyroid carcinomas (DTC) is a matter for debate. Total (TT) or near total (NT) thyroidectomy on one side, and lobectomy (LL) or lobo-isthmusectomy (LI) on the other side are the options. Extended (TT, NT) resections are preferable for several reasons, and LL or LI are preferred by some groups. Our 10-year experience indicates that the post-operative complications percentage may be low enough to make TT the preferred surgical option.