Incidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Area

Table 3

Surgery of the thyroid gland and prevalence of I-PTM.

Surgery	Patients	Lobes		I-PTM	Foci	Bilateral
		Right	Left
Total thyroidectomy	249 (63%)	249	249	29 (11.6%)	36	6 (20.1%)
Right hemithyroidectomy	75 (19%)	75	—	5 (6.7%)	6	—
Left hemithyroidectomy	71 (18%)	—	71	3 (4.2%)	3	—
Total	395	324	320	37 (9.4%)	45	—
		644

I-PTM: incidental papillary thyroid microcancer.