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Preoperative evaluation of thyroid nodule and initial surgical management. TT, total thyroidectomy; HT, hemithyroidectomy; LND, lymph node dissection. # An additional four patients previously had TT, and underwent LND only for recurrence. ∧ one had prophylactic TT in a 4‐year‐old patient; one had no visible lymph nodes intraoperatively. * two subsequently had completion thyroidectomy.
