Clinical Trial: Thyroid Lobectomy With or Without Levothyroxine Treatment Postoperatively

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational




Official Title: Five-year Follow up of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Unilateral Thyroid Lobectomy With or Without Levothyroxine Treatment Postoperatively

Brief Summary: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of recurrent nodular goiter in the contralateral thyroid lobe among patients after unilateral thyroid lobectomy for unilateral multinodular goiter receiving versus not receiving prophylactic levothyroxine treatment postoperatively in a five-year follow-up of a randomized study