BACKGROUND An alternative to completion thyroidectomy for well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma is to ablate the remnant lobe with 131 I. The purpose of this study is to review our own experience with large remnant ablation. METHODS A retrospective review of 169 patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer treated at one institution over a 14-year period was undertaken. Seventy-one patien...

Background. The measurement of stimulated thyroglobulin (sTg) after total thyroidectomy and remnant radioactive iodine (RAI) ablation is the gold standard for monitoring disease status in patients with papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). The aim of this study was to determine whether sTg measurement during follow-up can be avoided in intermediate- and high-risk PTC patients. Methods. A total o...

BACKGROUND Recent guidelines from the American Thyroid Association (ATA) indicate that, in many patients affected by differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), the serum TSH should be maintained between 0.1 and 0.5 mU/L. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the TSH variability of patients affected by DTC treated with liquid L-T4 formulation or in tablet form. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were...

AIM To identify rates of recurrence and hypothyroidism after hemithyroidectomy for unilateral nodular thyroid diseases and its advantages over bilateral radical resections. METHODS Fifty patients who underwent thyroid lobectomy with unilateral thyroid disease were included. Follow-up with thyroid function tests on the first month and then once every three months, as well as ultrasonography co...

BACKGROUND The incidence and potential risk factors for the recurrence of benign nodular goitre after unilateral thyroidectomy are not clearly defined. The aim of this study was to assess the rate of progression of nodular goitre in the contralateral thyroid lobe and of hypothyroidism requiring replacement therapy after unilateral thyroid lobectomy for benign nodular goitre. PATIENTS AND METH...

OBJECTIVE To assess efficiency of various I-131 activities on thyroid remnant ablation in thyroid cancer patients. The significance of patients' characteristics, pathologic features and levels of Tg were analyzed. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study included 259 consecutive differentiated thyroid cancer patients, with disease confined to the thyroid, treated with I-131 after total thyroidectomy. ...