Proposal of New Key Step in Lateral Approach Thyroidectomy in Light of Comparison of Surgical Outcomes of Medial versus Lateral Approach Thyroidectomy: A Randomised Controlled Study

Table 2

The approach used in thyroidectomy.

Pre-op diagnosis	Medial approach	Lateral approach
Colloid goitre	27	22
Multinodular goitre	13	11
Follicular neoplasm cat. 4	2	7
Papillary carcinoma thyroid	—	4
Follicular neoplasm cat. 5	1	2
Follicular neoplasm cat. 3	1	1
Follicular neoplasm cat. 2	3	3
Medullary ca thyroid	1	1
Undifferentiated ca.	1	1
Hurthle cell neoplasm cat. 3	1	1
Granulomatous thyroiditis	1	—