The 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines are associated with an increasing rate of hemithyroidectomy for thyroid cancer

In an attempt to prevent overly aggressive treatment of low-risk thyroid cancers, the American Thyroid Association changed guideline recommendations in late 2015 to state that either hemithyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy are acceptable operations for these patients. We hypothesized that surgeons would increasingly perform hemithyroidectomy after the release of these guidelines.

Source: Surgery - May 1, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Timothy M. Ullmann, Katherine D. Gray, Dessislava Stefanova, Jessica Limberg, Jessica L. Buicko, Brendan Finnerty, Rasa Zarnegar, Thomas J. Fahey, Toni Beninato Source Type: research