Extent of Surgery for Low Risk Thyroid Cancer in Elderly: Equipoise in Survival but Not in Short-Term Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Total thyroidectomy is more common than lobectomy for low risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), despite equipoise in survival. Since postoperative morbidity increases with age, we aimed to investigate how extent of thyroidectomy affects short-term outcomes among older patients. METHODS: U...

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Publicado no:Surgery
Main Authors: Zambeli-Ljepović, Alan, Wang, Frances, Dinan, Michaela A., Hyslop, Terry, Stang, Michael T., Roman, Sanziana A., Sosa, Julie A., Scheri, Randall P.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: 2019
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31288935
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2019.05.035
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