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Do some surgeons leave less thyroid tissue behind?

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Use of radioiodine‐131 scan to measure influence of surgical discipline, practice, and volume on residual thyroid tissue after total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma

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Methodology score · 26/100

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After removing the thyroid and giving patients radioactive iodine, doctors looked at scans to see how much thyroid tissue was left behind.

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Authors

Song JSA, Moolman N, Burrell S, Rajaraman M, Bullock MJ, Trites J, Taylor SM, Rigby MH, Hart RD