Table 1 Patients’ demographics
Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Age (years)§ | 46 (17–80) |
≤ 55 years | 285 (73.1) |
Male | 118 (30.3) |
Hypertension | 62 (15.9) |
Diabetes | 26 (6.7) |
Modified radical neck dissection | |
Ipsilateral | 346 (88.7) |
Bilateral | 44 (11.3) |
Main tumor size (cm)* | 1.61 ± 0.97 |
> 2 cm | 93 (23.8) |
T stage | |
T1a | 121 (31.0) |
T1b | 109 (27.9) |
T2 | 40 (10.3) |
T3a | 4 (1.0) |
T3b | 52 (13.3) |
T4a | 64 (16.4) |
Multifocality | 142 (36.4) |
Bilaterality | 125 (32.1) |
Extrathyroidal extension | |
No | 199 (51.0) |
Minor | 75 (19.2) |
Gross | 116 (29.7) |
Number of central lymph node | |
Harvested§, * | 6 (2–65), 7.4 ± 6.0 |
Metastatic§, * | 3 (0–29), 3.8 ± 4.0 |
Number of lateral lymph node | |
Harvested§, * | 16 (8–62), 18.6 ± 10.3 |
Metastatic§, * | 4 (1–23), 4.9 ± 3.9 |
Skip metastases | 86 (22.1) |
Stage | |
I | 285 (73.1) |
II | 79 (20.3) |
III | 26 (6.7) |
Lymphovascular invasion | 20 (5.1) |
Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis | 100 (25.6) |
Recurrence | 84 (21.5) |
Follow-up§ | 81 months (6–156) |
Total patients | 390 |