Surgeons' Attitudes on Total Thyroidectomy vs Lobectomy for Management of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jul 1;147(7):667-669. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.0525.

Authors

Andrew J Rosko¹, Brittany L Gay², David Reyes-Gastelum², Ann S Hamilton³, Kevin C Ward⁴, Megan R Haymart²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

This survey study assessed surgeons’ preference for total thyroidectomy vs lobectomy to treat patients with papillary thyroid cancer.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Attitude of Health Personnel*
Carcinoma, Papillary / surgery*
Humans
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
SEER Program
Surgeons / psychology*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery*
Thyroidectomy / methods*
United States

Supplementary concepts

Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Grants and funding

R01 CA201198/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States