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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 24.
Published in final edited form as: Endocr Pract. 2017 Jan 17;23(4):442–450. doi: 10.4158/EP161540.OR

Figure 1. Accuracy and the Extent of Initial Thyroidectomy.

Figure 1

Bar charts show the percentage of patients who required completion thyroidectomy needed, were treated with total thyroidectomy for benign disease, or the appropriate extent of initial surgery are shown for each cytologic category. Numbers indicate the percentage of patients receiving the appropriate extent of initial treatment for each category. Patients with goiter receiving total thyroidectomy were not considered to be over-treated, and cancers ≤ 1 cm were not considered clinically significant cancers. AUS = atypia of undetermined significance; FLUS = follicular lesion of undetermined significance; HCN = Hurthle cell neoplasm; FN = follicular neoplasm; sPTC = suspicious for papillary thyroid cancer.