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Article History

Received: 16 August 2023

Revised: 12 October 2023

Accepted: 29 October 2023

First Online: 3 January 2024

Declarations

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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Yukun Luo.

: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.

: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.

: Written informed consent (for ablation treatment) was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study; written informed consent for study inclusion was waived due to the retrospective nature.

: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.

: The prior study “Long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation for unifocal low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: a large cohort study of 414 patients” () evaluated the outcomes of radiofrequency ablation for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. The current study expands on these findings by increasing the sample size, updating the follow-up time, and including new analyses of both capsular-located and noncapsular-located PTMC.

: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution