Diagnostic Accuracy of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology (TBSRTC): An Institution Experience

Table 3

Result of surgeries on thyroid nodules.

Bethesda category	Number of nodules	Number of nodules operated on	% of nodules operated on, resection rate (RR)	Number of nodules found to be malignant	Risk of malignancy overall (%), lower limit	Risk of malignancy of nodules operated on (%), upper limit
I	37	1	2.7	1	2.7	100
II	722	24	3.3	0	0.0	100
III	44	5	11.4	2	4.6	40
IV	13	10	76.9	2	15.4	20
V	18	18	100	11	61.1	61.1
VI	20	19	95	19	95.0	100