392 chapter 7 Figure 1. Study flowchart This flowchart of the first year visualizes the study procedures, observed treatment, treatment outcomes, and excluded patients. cTT, completing total thyroidectomy. F/u, follow-up. HT, hemithyroidectomy, including isthmus resection (n=3) and hemithyroidectomy plus nodulectomy (n=2). POHT, postoperative levothyroxine-dependent hypothyroidism after partial thyroidectomy procedure. PSC, permanent surgical complication, including recurrent nerve paralysis (n=3). RAI, adjuvant radioiodine therapy. TSC, transient surgical complication, including haematoma with re-exploration surgery, wound infection, seroma, and transient hypoparathyroidism. TT, total thyroidectomy. *: One patient had a TSC and POHT. †: One patient underwent RAI after initial TT for malignancy; two patients underwent cTT for malignancy but no RAI.
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