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Table 4 Characteristics of individual studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Clinical implications of Delphian lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-institution study, systemic review and meta-analysis

Reference

Country

Sample capcity

Incidence of DLN metastasis(%)

Quality score

Chai 2014 [12]

Korea

46/324

12.4

7

Lyer 2011 [13]

USA

25/76

24.8

6

Kim 2012 [14]

Korea

53/255

17.2

5

Lee 2013 [15]

Korea

13/54

19.4

6

Oh 2013 [16]

Korea

49/196

20.0

6

Tan 2017 [17]

China

19/212

8.2

6

Zheng 2017 [18]

China

42/164

20.4

6

  1. DLN Delphian lymph node