|
Parameter
|
Transverse Incision group n = 62
|
Hockey stick Incision group n = 35
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Age
|
47.2 ± 13.3
|
46.7 ± 14.6
|
.866
|
|
Gender
|
|
Female
|
41/62 (66.1%)
|
22/35 (62.9%)
|
.826
|
|
Size of tumor (mm)
|
19.3 ± 13.5
|
24.1 ± 16.5
|
.129
|
|
Multiplicity of tumor
|
33/62 (53.2%)
|
12/35 (34.3%)
|
.091
|
|
Bilaterality of tumor
|
20/62 (32.3%)
|
11/35 (31.4%)
|
.560
|
|
Minimal ETE
|
30/62 (48.4%)
|
19/35 (54.3%)
|
.674
|
|
Lymphovascular invasion
|
28/62 (45.2%)
|
22/35 (62.9%)
|
.138
|
|
T classification
| | |
.194
|
|
T1
|
18 (29.0%)
|
5 (14.3%)
| |
|
T2
|
2 (3.2%)
|
4 (11.4%)
| |
|
T3
|
41 (66.1%)
|
24 (68.6%)
| |
|
T4
|
1 (1.6%)
|
2 (5.7%)
| |
|
N classification
| | |
NA
|
|
N1b
|
62 (100%)
|
35 (100%)
| |
|
TNM stage
| | |
.503
|
|
I
|
29 (47.5%)
|
17 (48.6%)
| |
|
II
|
0 (0%)
|
0 (0%)
| |
|
III
|
31 (50.8%)
|
16 (45.7%)
| |
|
IV
|
1 (1.6%)
|
2 (5.7%)
| |
-
ETE extrathyroidal extension, NA not applicable
