The Effect of Levothyroxine Discontinuation Timing on Postoperative Hypothyroidism after Hemithyroidectomy for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Table 1

Individual parameters in the results of levothyroxine discontinuation after hemithyroidectomy.

	⁢Discontinuation of levothyroxine		value
	Success	Failure
Age	42.81 ± 10.82	41.95 ± 9.98	0.516
Postoperative AP diameter (mm)	10.97 ± 2.61	13.02 ± 2.82	0.875
Preoperative TSH	1.39 ± 0.64	1.88 ± 0.86	<0.001
Preoperative anti-TPO	12.82 ± 47.33	56.96 ± 181.32	0.172
Preoperative anti-TG	27.06 ± 58.80	87.01 ± 183.80	0.128

Note: data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Based on ultrasonography; AP, anteroposterior; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; anti-TPO, anti-thyroid peroxidase; anti-TG, anti-thyroglobulin.