TABLE 2.

Survival Benefit for Total Thyroidectomy (<4 cm) Over Thyroid Lobectomy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Retrospective study	n	Source	Survival benefit
Bilimoria et al. (11)	52,173	NCDB	Yes
Adam et al. (31)	61,775	NCDB	No
Haigh et al. (32)	5,432	SEER	No
Barney et al. (33)	23,605	SEER	No
Mendelsohn et al. (34)	22,724	SEER	No
Nixon et al. (12)	889	Single center	No
Matsuzu et al. (35)	1,088	Single center	No

NCDB = National Cancer Database; SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.