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2016
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Tab 3
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Research Article
Incidental Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in an Endemic Goiter Area
Table 3
Surgery of the thyroid gland and prevalence of I-PTM
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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
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Total
395
324
320
37 (9.4%)
45
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644
I-PTM: incidental papillary thyroid microcancer.