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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2009 Aug 4;16(11):3132–3139. doi: 10.1245/s10434-009-0647-6

TABLE 2.

Decision for surgical resection

Total
thyroidectomy
Unilateral
resection
P value Multivariable
P value
Foci
 1 50/68 (74%) 18/68 (26%) .001 .004
 >1 38/39 (97%) 01/39 (3%)
Discovered
 FNA 22/23 (96%) 1/23 (4%) .046 .875
 Incidental 66/84 (79%) 18/84 (21%)
 Mean size (cm) 0.61 ± 0.004 0.22 ± 0.004 .001 .001
Larger size (cm)
 ≥0.8 27/27 (100%) 0/27 (0%) .003
 <0.8 59/76 (78%) 17/76 (22%)
Smaller size (cm)
 ≥0.5 56/58 (97%) 2/58 (3%) .001
 <0.5 30/45 (67%) 15/45 (33%)