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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

From: Video mediastinoscopy-assisted superior mediastinal dissection in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma with mediastinal lymphadenopathy: preliminary results

 

MTC (n = 14)

PTC (n = 5)

Gender

 Male

8

3

 Female

6

2

Age (y) median (range)

38 (15–65)

54 (29–63)

AJCC stage

 I

1

2

 II

0

3

 IVA

13

0

Frequency of operation

 Initial surgery

3

1

 Reoperation

11

4

Simultaneous operation

 TT + CND

1

0

 TT + CND + LND

4

2

 CND

2

1

 CND + LND

7

2

MLNM

 Yes

9

4

 No

5

1

Outcome

 Disease-free

14

4

 Death

0

1

  1. MTC medullary thyroid carcinoma, PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, TT total thyroidectomy, CND central lymph node dissection, LND lateral lymph node dissection, MLNM mediastinal lymph node metastasis, ETE extrathyroidal extension