Clinical assessment evaluates extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma, suggesting lobectomy may be sufficient.
Clinical ETE assessment has limited accuracy but high specificity. Lobectomy offers comparable oncologic outcomes regardless of cETE status, supporting its feasibility in selected PTC patients without mandating total thyroidectomy.
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