Fig. 1From: Total thyroidectomy may be more reasonable as initial surgery in unilateral multifocal papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a single-center experienceThe disease-free survival rates at 5 and 10 years were 91.23 and 73.68%, respectively, in the HT group and 100 and 92.5%, respectively, in the TT group. The disease-free survival period was significantly shorter for the HT patients than for the TT patients (p = 0.0059 by the log-rank test)Back to article page