Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Variablea | Total |
|---|---|
| (n = 275) | |
| Gender, n (%) | 275 (100) |
| Male | 63 (22.91) |
| Female | 212 (77.09) |
| Age in years, mean (SD) | 46.07 (12.03) |
| Size in cm, mean (SD) | 1.06 (0.75) |
| Level VII lymph node metastasis, n (%) | |
| Yes | 79 (28.73) |
| No | 196 (71.27) |
| Produre, n (%) | |
| Lobectomy + CLND | 135 (49.09) |
| TT + CLND | 54 (19.64) |
| TT + CLND + LLND | 77 (28.0) |
| Lobectomy + CLND + LLND | 9 (3.27) |
| cN, n (%) | |
| cN0 | 145 (52.7) |
| cN1a | 58 (21.1) |
| cN1b | 72 (26.2) |
| T, n (%) | |
| T1 | 201 (73.1) |
| T2 | 12 (4.4) |
| T3 | 50 (18.2) |
| T4 | 12 (4.4) |
aContinuous variables are presented as means and standard deviations (SD); categorical variables are presented as n (%). CLND central-compartment lymph node dissection, TT total thyroidectomy, LLND lateral-compartment lymph node dissection