Localized/regional papillary and follicular thyroid cancer

Surgery is the therapy of choice for all primary lesions. Surgical options include total thyroidectomy or lobectomy. The choice of procedure is influenced mainly by the age of the patient and the size of the nodule. For patients with early-stage disease, survival rates are similar when comparing the two procedures; however, the rates of surgical complications and local recurrences are different.[2-8]