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. 2019 May 9;145(6):542–548. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2019.0784

Table 2. Subgroup Analysis Showing Metastatic Patterns With Involvement of Level IV in Preoperative Patients With Clinically Node-Negative Necks.

Combination of Involved Neck Levels Source No. of Patients Fixed-Effect Model (95% CI), %
I, II, III, IV Khafif et al,15 2001 384 0 (0-0.75)
Balasubramanian et al,16 2012
Mishra et al,18 2010
Dias et al,12 2006
Agarwal et al,22 2018
I, II, IV Crean et al,13 2003 643 0.04 (0-0.63)
Feng et al,17 2014
Mishra et al,18 2010
Guo et al,21 2014
Agarwal et al,22 2018
I, III, IV Crean et al,13 2003 293 0 (0-0.23)
Mishra et al,18 2010
Agarwal et al,22 2018
I, IV Mishra et al,18 2010 320 0 (0-0.27)
Brazilian Head and Neck Cancer Study Group,9 1998
Agarwal et al,22 2018
II, III, IV Feng et al,17 2014 491 0 (0-0.37)
Mishra,18 et al 2010
Vishak and Rohan,19 2014
Agarwal et al,22 2018
II, IV Feng et al,17 2014 434 0 (0-0.35)
Mishra et al,18 2010
Agarwal et al,22 2018
III, IV Crean et al,13 2003 643 0 (0-0.23)
Feng et al,17 2014
Mishra et al,18 2010
Guo et al,21 2014
Agarwal et al,22 2018