Thyroid Lobectomy for Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients With High-Volume (n ≥ 5) Central Lymph Node Metastases.

Key Points

• To evaluate the impact of thyroid lobectomy on long-term prognosis in unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma patients with high-volume central lymph node metastases.
• Analysis of patient outcomes with unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma
• Assessment of central lymph node metastasis volume
• Evaluation of age as a recurrence risk factor
• Thyroid lobectomy does not influence long-term prognosis in patients
• Older age (≥ 55 years) correlates with increased recurrence risk
• Immediate completion thyroidectomy may not be required following lobectomy

Abstract