What is the best treatment of incidental papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a carcinoma less than or equal to 1 cm. An epidemic of diagnosis largely through incidental finding on imaging, as well as question of clinical relevance, has kept the management debate lively. Treatment paradigms have shifted from total thyroidectomy versus thyroid lobectomy to thyroid lobectomy versus active surveillance, as reflected by the 2009 versus 2015 iterations of the American Thyroid...