Lobectomy Is Feasible for 1–4 cm Papillary Thyroid Carcinomas: A 10-Year Propensity Score Matched-Pair Analysis on Recurrence

Abstract

Patients with 1-4 cm PTCs who underwent lobectomy exhibited DFS rates similar to those who underwent TT after controlling for major prognostic factors. This supports the feasibility of lobectomy as initial surgical approach for these patients and emphasizes that tumor size should not be an absolute indication for TT.