TABLE 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics

Variable	Number/median (range)
Male	22
Female	48
Age at diagnosis of PTC (years)	Median 35 (15–71)
Age at first neck reexploration (years)	Median 41 (18–73)
Time from first thyroidectomy to first neck reexploration (years)	Median 3 (< 1–24)
Age (years)
≤ 40 years	48
> 40 years	22
AJCC VIII stage at thyroidectomy
I	64
II	2
III	4
Tumor size
<4 cm	61
>4 cm	4
Unknown	5
Capsular invasion
Yes	42
No	24
Unknown	4
Lymph node status at thyroidectomy
Positive	52
Normal	16
Unknown	2
Postoperative radioactive iodine (mCi)	Median 217 (29–995)

Adopted from Al-Saif et al.¹³ and verified with patients’ updated medical records