Use of Pre-Ablation Radioiodine-131 Scan to Assess the Impact of Surgical Volume and Specialisation following Thyroidectomy for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma

Abstract

Using the pre-ablation (131)I uptake scan as a surrogate for thyroid remnant quantification following thyroidectomy demonstrates the relationship between the surgical volume and size of thyroid remnant. The study also demonstrated beneficial effects of specialisation with specialist surgeons achieving the smallest thyroid remnant.