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. 2018 May 10;16(1):447–452. doi: 10.3892/ol.2018.8691

Table II.

Central neck metastasis of patients under the guidance of carbon nanoparticles.

Variables (%) Ipsilateral central neck, n (%) Contralateral central neck, n
Patients with metastases 50 (71.43) 12 (17.14)
Dissected lymph nodes 425 257
Lymph nodes <5 mm 161 (37.88) 118 (45.91)
Black stained lymph nodes 384 (90.35) 195 (75.88)
Metastatic lymph nodes 168 (39.53) 25 (9.73)
Black-stained metastatic lymph nodes 126 (75.00)   21 (84.00)