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Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2021 Apr 8;264:230–235. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2021.02.035

Table 3 –

Type and duration of surgery of patients with cN0^a papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Surgical Data	CND(+)^b	CND(−)^b	P value
Type of Surgery			< 0.001
Total Thyroidectomy	89%	51%
Hemithyroidectomy	5%	27%
Isthmusectomy	2%	0%
Tumor Debulking	0%	0%
Other	5%	2%
Unknown	0%	20%
Duration of Surgery (minutes)			0.072
Mean	113	90
Std. Error of Mean	17	4
Minimum	48	37
Maximum	470	458

cN0 = no clinically-evident nodal metastasis

CND = central neck dissection