Table 1 Patient demographics
From: Pattern of lateral neck metastases in N0 papillary thyroid carcinoma
Characteristics | No. Patients (%) |
|---|---|
Number of patients | 131 |
Sex | |
Male | 29 (22) |
Female | 102 (78) |
Average age (range) | 38.3 y (12-67 y) |
Tumor size | |
10mm ≤ T ≤ 20mm | 87 (66) |
20mm < T ≤ 40mm | 30 (23) |
>40mm | 8 (6) |
Unknown | 6 (5) |
Surgical procedure | |
Total thyroidectomy | 126 (96) |
Lobectomy | 5 (4) |
Lymph node dissection | |
Unilateral | 122 (93) |
Bilateral | 9 (7) |