If part of your thyroid needs to be removed in a lobectomy, the remaining gland will likely still be able to fulfill most of the functions of a full thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a small ...

A thyroid lobectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the thyroid. This procedure may help treat thyroid cancer, as well as other thyroid conditions. Individuals with thyroid ...

At 5 years, mortality did not differ between lobectomy and total thyroidectomy (relative risk [RR], 0.30; 95% CI, 0.07-1.35), and mortality outcomes remained similar between both approaches even after ...

Although the 2015 American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines led to an increase in thyroid lobectomies being performed, it did not result in high rates of early or late reoperation. "The 2015 ATA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Total or completion thyroidectomy during or after a lobectomy may be necessary for half of adults with low-risk ...

FDG PET/CT imaging for prognosis of metastatic non-iodine avid differentiated thyroid cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a ...

Finally, for patients in group 3, watchful waiting with surveillance may be an option in cases of low-risk differentiated tumors; if surgery is preferred, thyroid lobectomy is recommended unless there ...