Type of Carcinoma No. of Patients)

Primary Operative procedure (No. of Patients)

Any Second Stage Operative Procedures (No. of Patients)

A. True Positive Carcinomas:

a. Papillary carcinoma with or without regional nodal metastasis (31)

Ø Total thyroidectomy with selective neck dissection (11)

Ø Total thyroidectomy alone (10)

Ø Near total thyroidectomy (2)

Ø Lobectomy (8)

Revision surgery for regional nodal recurrence (2)

b. Medullary Carcinoma (4)

Ø Total thyroidectomy (4)

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c. Undifferentiated carcinoma (1)

Ø Total thyroidectomy (1)

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B. False Negative Carcinomas:

a. Papillary carcinoma (18)

Ø Lobectomy (13)

Ø Enucleation (3)

Ø Subtotal thyroidectomy (2)

Completion total thyroidectomy alone or with selective neck dissection (8)

b. Medullary carcinoma (2)

Ø Lobectomy (2)

Completion thyroidectomy with type I modified radical neck dissection for nodal recurrence (2)

c. Follicular Carcinoma (1)

Ø Subtotal thyroidectomy (1)

Completion total thyroidectomy (1)