Yifan V Mao, Elena G Hughes, David Steinmetz, Samantha Troob, Jiyoon Kim, Chi-Hong Tseng, Gregory A Fishbein, Dipti P Sajed, Masha J Livhits, Michael W Yeh, Denise Lee, Trevor E Angell, James X Wu
IMPORTANCE: Standard treatment for patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) consists of total thyroidectomy with central neck dissection, but the rationale for bilateral surgery in patients with unilateral disease on ultrasonography remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To determine the presence of occult contralateral disease (lesions not seen on preoperative ultrasonography) in patients with MTC as a rationale for total thyroidectomy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This multi-institutional, retrospective cohort study was conducted from September 1998 to April 2022 in academic medical centers and included patients with MTC who underwent thyroidectomy with preoperative imaging...
January 25, 2024: JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery