Table 2 Features of patients with malignant specimens at first surgery and correlation to bilateral disease at completion
From: Completion thyroidectomy: predicting bilateral disease
N = 97 | Unilateral (n = 50) | Bilateral (n = 47) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age ≥45 | Yes | 29 | 23 | 0.42 |
No | 21 | 24 | ||
Female Gender | Yes | 39 | 38 | 0.81 |
No | 11 | 9 | ||
Lymphovascular Involvement | Yes | 6 | 7 | 0.77 |
No | 44 | 40 | ||
Ipsilateral Lymph Nodes | Yes | 9 | 11 | 0.62 |
No | 41 | 36 | ||
Extrathyroidal Extension* | Yes | 8 | 9 | 0.79 |
No | 41 | 37 | ||
High Risk Variants of PC | Yes | 1 | 4 | 0.36 |
No | 36 | 35 | ||
Positive Resection Margin** | Yes | 13 | 9 | 0.47 |
No | 36 | 38 | ||
Tumor Capsule Involvement | Yes | 6 | 5 | 1 |
No | 18 | 17 | ||
NA | 25 | 26 | ||
Multifocality | Yes | 19 | 28 | 0.04 |
No | 31 | 19 | ||
Histology | PC | 38 | 37 | 0.13 |
PMC | 5 | 9 | ||
FOLCA | 5 | 1 | ||
Other | 2 | 0 | ||
Size(cm) | 0–0.9 | 6 | 9 | 0.72 |
1–1.9 | 12 | 10 | ||
2–2.9 | 14 | 10 | ||
>3 | 18 | 18 |