Table 4 Comparison of the incidence of adverse pathological features found in thyroid cancers of patients with and without preoperative VCP
Patients with malignant pathology | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Without VCP | With preop VCP | p-value | |
Perineural invasion | 13 (1.13 %) | 2 (10.5 %) | 0.0028 |
Lymphovascular invasion | 123 (10.76 %) | 3 (15.78 %) | 0.4837 |
Extrathyroidal extension | 151 (13.21 %) | 4 (21.05 %) | 0.2700 |