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Table 1 Indications for surgery

From: A systematic approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection at the cricothyroid junction

 

Total thyroidectomy

n = 91

Hemi-thyroidectomy

n = 213

Completion thyroidectomy

n = 38

Total

n = 342

Nodules requiring diagnosis

 Intermediate suspicion for malignancy

114 (54%)

2 (5%)

116 (34%)

 High suspicion for malignancy

15 (16%)

2 (1%)

1 (3%)

18 (5%)

Thyromegaly

 Obstructive/Symptomatic

20 (22%)

73 (34%)

6 (16%)

99 (29%)

 Substernal goiter

5 (5%)

8 (4%)

14 (4%)

Malignancy

 Papillary carcinoma

36 (40%)

2 (1%)

17 (45%)

55 (16%)

 Follicular carcinoma

8 (21%)

8 (2%)

 Poorly differentiated carcinoma

1 (3%)

1 (0.3%)

 Lymphoma

1 (3%)

1 (0.3%)

Endocrinological diseases

 Graves’ disease

13 (14%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (3%)

15 (4%)

 Hashimoto thyroiditis

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

3 (1%)

Other

 Symptomatic cyst

9 (4%)

9 (3%)

 PET incidentaloma

1 (1%)

2 (1%)

3 (1%)