Table 1.

Patient and tumor characteristics in patients with low transverse lateral incision and hockey stick incision

Parameter	Transverse Incision group n = 62	Hockey stick Incision group n = 35	P value
Age	47.2 ± 13.3	46.7 ± 14.6	.866
Gender
Female	41/62 (66.1%)	22/35 (62.9%)	.826
Size of tumor (mm)	19.3 ± 13.5	24.1 ± 16.5	.129
Multiplicity of tumor	33/62 (53.2%)	12/35 (34.3%)	.091
Bilaterality of tumor	20/62 (32.3%)	11/35 (31.4%)	.560
Minimal ETE	30/62 (48.4%)	19/35 (54.3%)	.674
Lymphovascular invasion	28/62 (45.2%)	22/35 (62.9%)	.138
T classification			.194
T1	18 (29.0%)	5 (14.3%)
T2	2 (3.2%)	4 (11.4%)
T3	41 (66.1%)	24 (68.6%)
T4	1 (1.6%)	2 (5.7%)
N classification			NA
N1b	62 (100%)	35 (100%)
TNM stage			.503
I	29 (47.5%)	17 (48.6%)
II	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
III	31 (50.8%)	16 (45.7%)
IV	1 (1.6%)	2 (5.7%)

ETE extrathyroidal extension, NA not applicable