Table 1 Patients’ demographics
From: Should level V be included in lateral neck dissection in treating papillary thyroid carcinoma?
Variable | Value | Ratio (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Male | 140 | 42.4 |
Female | 190 | 57.6 | |
Age (years) | <45 | 243 | 73.6 |
≥45 | 87 | 26.4 | |
Locationa | left lobe | 120 | 36.4 |
right lobe | 152 | 46.1 | |
whole thyroid | 58 | 17.5 | |
Lesion | solitary lesion | 248 | 75.2 |
multifocal lesion | 82 | 24.8 | |
Intact capsuleb | Yes | 292 | 88.5 |
No | 38 | 11.5 | |
Gross Ex | Yes | 39 | 11.8 |
No | 291 | 88.2 | |
Tumor size (cm) | ≤1 | 56 | 17.0 |
>1, ≤ 2 | 140 | 42.4 | |
>2, ≤ 4 | 117 | 35.5 | |
>4 | 17 | 5.2 | |
Local recurrences | Yes | 40 | 12.1 |
No | 290 | 87.9 | |
Distant metastases | Yes | 11 | 3.3 |
No | 319 | 96.7 | |
Death | Yes | 14 | 4.2 |
No | 316 | 95.8 | |