No CND | CND | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
No. of patients | 169 | 425 | |
Age (years) | 46.3 | 45.6 | ns |
Sex | |||
Male | 43 | 100 | ns |
Female | 126 | 325 | |
Clinically suspicious lymph nodes in central neck | |||
Yes | 6 | 81 | <0.0001 |
No | 105 | 224 | |
Procedure | |||
Total Thyroidectomy or Completion Thyroidectomy alone | 169 | 0 | |
Total Thyroidectomy with Ipsilateral CND | 0 | 313 | |
Total Thyroidectomy with Bilateral CND | 0 | 112 | |
T stage | |||
T1a | 32 | 79 | ns |
T1b | 46 | 106 | |
T2 | 43 | 96 | |
T3 | 20 | 93 | |
T4a | 2 | 14 | |
T4b | 0 | 2 | |
M stage | |||
M0 | 157 | 414 | ns |
M1 | 0 | 2 | |
Tumor size (largest dimension in centimeters) | 2.0 | 2.2 | ns |
Extrathyroidal Extension present | 3 | 20 | ns |