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]
53/255
17.2
5
Lee 2013 [15]
13/54
19.4
Oh 2013 [16]
49/196
20.0
Tan 2017 [17]
China
19/212
8.2
Zheng 2017 [18]
42/164
20.4