Removal of only Half the Thyroid Gland Grows in Use, Benefits Patients with Thyroid Cancer (AUDIO)

American College of Surgeons

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Timothy M. Ullmann, MD, and Toni Beninato, MD, FACS, discuss how the percentage of patients treated with hemithyroidectomy increased more than sevenfold after the American Thyroid Association adopted a guideline in 2015 elevating hemithyroidectomy to an equal status with complete removal of the gland.

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