Table 1 Basic epidemiologic, operative, pathologic, and complications in recruited patients
From: Impact of age on central lymph nodes involvement in papillary thyroid cancer
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Age at surgery mean +/-SD (range) | 39.4 +/-14.5 (8–82) years |
Sex Male Female | 81 (25.7%) 234 (74.3%) |
BMI median (range) | 31.4 (17.5–56.9) Kg/m2 |
Radiologic central nodes Negative Positive | 287 (91.1%) 21 (6.7%) |
Radiologic lateral nodes Negative Positive | 161 (51.1%) 148 (47%) |
Surgery Ipsilateral central Bilateral central Ipsilateral central & lateral Bilateral central & ipsilateral lateral Bilateral central & lateral Ipsilateral central & bilateral lateral | 102 (32.4%) 47 (14.9%) 91 (28.9%) 34 (10.8%) 30 (9.5%) 11 (3.5%) |
Pattern of node dissection Prophylactic Therapeutic Sampling Excised with specimen | 108 (34.3%) 146 (46.3%) 39 (12.4%) 15 (4.8%) |
Operative time median | 180 (60–600) |
Postoperative hypocalcaemia No Yes | 255 (81%) 60 (19%) |
Postoperative nerve injury No Yes | 285 (90.5%) 29 (9.2%) |
Pathology tumours size median (range) | 2.5 (0.2-8) cm |
Pathologic focality Unifocal Multifocal | 157 (49.8%) 145 (46%) |
Pathologic laterality Unilateral Bilateral | 206 (65.4%) 98 (31.1%) |
Extrathyroid extension** No Yes | 172 (54.6%) 83 (26.3%) |
Central node harvest median (range) | 5 (1–35) |
Central node status Negative Positive | 108 (34.3%) 203 (64.4%) |
Lateral node harvest (range) | 19 (1–98) |
Lateral node status* Negative Positive | 20 (12.1%) 145 (87.9%) |
T stage 1 2 3 4 | 116 (36.8%) 100 (31.7%) 69 (21.9%) 15 (4.8%) |
N stage 0 1 | 94 (29.8%) 218 (69.2%) |
Recurrence No Yes | 280 (88.9%) 29 (9.2%) |
Pattern of recurrence* Local Nodal Distant Local & distant Local, regional & distant | 2 (6.9%) 19 (65.5%) 3 (10.3%) 3 (10.3%) 2 (6.9%) |