Total thyroidectomy's association with survival in papillary thyroid cancers and the high proportion of total thyroidectomy in low-risk patients: Analysis of Korean nationwide data

摘要

Background: Papillary thyroid cancer has an excellent prognosis, but the appropriate level of treatment is controversial. We compared survival between total thyroidectomy and less-than-total thyroidectomy, and examined the proportion of patients with papillary thyroid cancer in Korea undergoing total thyroidectomy.