Table 10.
Extent of Surgery and Pathological Findings of 186 Patients Who Underwent Surgery After Observation
| Thyroidectomy | |
| Total |
93 (50) |
| Limited |
93 (50) |
| Lymph-node dissection | |
| Central only |
152 (82) |
| Central and lateral |
34 (18) |
| Multiplicity | |
| Yes |
128 (69) |
| No |
58 (31) |
| Significant extrathyroid extensiona | |
| Yes |
2 (1)b |
| No |
184 (99) |
| Central node metastasis | |
| Yes |
50 (27) |
| No |
136 (73) |
| Lateral node metastasis | |
| Yes |
20 (59) |
| No | 14 (41) |
Details of the remaining five patients are unknown. Values are presented as number (percent), with the percentages rounded down to whole numbers.
a
Intraoperative findings.
b
Both minimally extended to the muscular layer of the esophagus.