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) | - |
c. Undifferentiated carcinoma (1) | Ø Total thyroidectomy (1) | - |
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) |